Platonopolis

Zusatztext ... a lucid, orderly and comprehensive survey ... Erudite and judicious. Klappentext Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity, from Plotinus (third century) to the sixth-century schools in Athens and Alexandria, neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. Dominic O'Meara presents a revelatory reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas, and he reconstructs for the first time a coherent political philosophy of Late Platonism. Zusammenfassung Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. This work presents a reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION 1: The Two Functions of Political Philosophy 2: Neoplatonist Philosophers in Time, Place, and Social Context NEOPLATONIC POLITICAL THEORY RECONSTRUCTED I. THE DIVINIZATION OF SOUL 3: Divinization in Greek Philosophy 4: The Scale of Virtues 5: The Scale of Sciences 6: The Curriculum II. THE DIVINIZATION OF STATE 7: Philosopher-Kings and Queens 8: Political Science: Legislative 9: Political Science: Judicial 10: The Political Function of Religion 11: The Limits of Political Action PLATONOPOLIS IN CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM 12: Eusebius and Augustine 13: Ideals of Church and State in the Sixth Century 14: Platonopolis in Islam: Al-Farabi's Perfect State Conclusion Appendix I: Themistus and Neoplatonic Political Philosophy Appendix II: Notes on a Platonist Rhetor: Sopatros 3 Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Dominic Meara, O&apos, Dominic O'Meara, Dominic J. O'Meara, Dominic J. (University of Fribourg O'Meara, O'Meara Dominic J.
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2003
• EAN: 9780199257584
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925758-4
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Political science & theory, Ancient History, Political science and theory, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500