04011oam 2200685I 450 991046299980332120200520144314.01-317-02149-51-315-55472-01-4094-5295-610.4324/9781315554723 (CKB)2670000000493888(EBL)1570488(SSID)ssj0001060157(PQKBManifestationID)12453628(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060157(PQKBWorkID)11087262(PQKB)10289714(MiAaPQ)EBC1570488(MiAaPQ)EBC5293175(Au-PeEL)EBL1570488(CaPaEBR)ebr10812271(CaONFJC)MIL559679(OCoLC)865331794(OCoLC)992251589(Au-PeEL)EBL5293175(CaONFJC)MIL1010566(OCoLC)1027138180(EXLCZ)99267000000049388820180706e20162014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe philosophy of Gemistos Plethon Platonism in late Byzantium, between Hellenism and orthodoxy /Vojtech HladkyLondon :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (403 p.)First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.1-4094-5294-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Man and his Work; Gemistos and Scholarship; PART I: PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY; 1 Platonic Reforms; 2 Fate of the Soul; 3 Conclusion to Part I: Platonism in Practice; PART II: PHILOSOPHIA PERENNIS; 4 Writings about the Perennial Philosophy; 5 Introduction to the Perennial Philosophy; 6 Division of Reality; 7 Zeus, the First Principle; 8 Supracelestial Gods, the Forms; Defence of Platonic Forms; The Forms in Plethon's Laws; 9 The Forms as the Gods; Olympians; Titans (Tartarus); Table of the Gods of the First and Second OrderSources of Plethon's Mythology10 Sensible Cosmos; Gods of the Third Order; Stars and Daemons; 11 Nature Mortal and Human; The Soul and the Human Situation; Fate and Freedom; Ethics, Cult and Politics; 12 Conclusion to Part II: Plethon's Platonism; PART III: QUESTION OF RELIGION; 13 Becoming Pagan; 14 Gemistos' Mysterious Teacher; 15 Witnesses; Pupils and Friends; Admirers; Adversaries; 16 Change of Name; 17 Fight for Orthodoxy; 18 The Book; 19 Conclusion to Part III: Pagan or Christian?; Appendix; Manuscript Supplement; Abbreviations; Primary Sources; Gemistos Plethon and His ContemporariesOther Ancient, Byzantine and Renaissance AuthorsSecondary Literature; Systematic Bibliographies of Secondary Texts on Gemistos Plethon; Secondary Texts; Index of Passages Quoted; General IndexGeorge Gemistos Plethon (c. 1360-1454) was a remarkable and influential thinker, active at the time of transition between the Byzantine Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance. His works cover literary, historical, scientific, but most notably philosophical issues. Plethon is arguably the most important of the Byzantine Platonists and the earliest representative of Platonism in the Renaissance. This book provides a new study of Gemistos' philosophy. The first part is dedicated to the discussion of his 'public philosophy', in the second, most extensive, part of the book the Platonism of PlethonPolitical sciencePhilosophyEarly works to 1800ReligionPhilosophyEarly works to 1800Byzantine EmpireIntellectual lifeElectronic books.Political sciencePhilosophyReligionPhilosophy186/.4Hladky Vojtech.1047508MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462999803321The philosophy of Gemistos Plethon2475094UNINA