The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul - Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions

This volume of essays presents a selection of studies in the ways in which Platonist psychology is adapted to the needs of thinkers in the three great religious traditions of later antiquity, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The authors are all acknowledged experts in their own fields, as well as being familiar with the Platonic tradition.

Product details

• Assisted by: John Dillon (Editor), Maha El-Kaisy (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2009
• EAN: 9789004176232
• ISBN: 978-90-04-17623-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 244 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Studies in Platonism, Neoplato
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous