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Aristotle and Other Platonists
Lloyd P. Gerson
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Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
"Aristotle versus Plato. For a long time that is the angle from which the tale has been told, in textbooks on the history of philosophy and to university students. Aristotle's philosophy, so the story goes, was au fond in opposition to Plato's. But it was not always thus."—from the Introduction
In a wide-ranging book likely to cause controversy, Lloyd P. Gerson sets out the case for the "harmony" of Platonism and Aristotelianism, the standard view in late antiquity. He aims to show that the twentieth-century view that Aristotle started out as a Platonist and ended up as an anti-Platonist is ... Read more
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801473371
SKU
V9780801473371
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About Lloyd P. Gerson
Lloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His books include Knowing Persons: A Study in Plato, God and Greek Philosophy, and Plotinus (Arguments of the Philosophers series). He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus and the four-volume Aristotle: Critical Assessments. He is the author of several volumes of translations and commentaries on ... Read more
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The title of this work indicates quite clearly where the author stands regarding the relationship of these two ancient philosophers: Aristotle, contrary to the usual thinking in the philosophical literature, is a Platonist. Gerson arrives at this position by examining in detail the writings of the Neoplatonists and others of the period and concluding that they were correct in assuming ... Read more