Platonism at the Origins of Modernity: Studies on Platonism and Early Modern PhilosophyDouglas Hedley, Sarah Hutton Springer Science & Business Media, 2007 M12 22 - 296 páginas commentary, but by selection and accretion. Those inspired by Plato form as intrinsic a part of Platonism as Plato himself—these are the so-called Neo-P- tonists (a divisive latter-day term which implies discontinuity between Plato and 6 his later followers to the disadvantage of the latter). In the process of its long course of development, Platonism has gathered a long tradition of interpr- ers, whose contributions have been enriched by other philosophical strands—for example Stoicism, which is an important element in the philosophy of Plotinus. To this it must be added that so much of the impact of Platonism is indirect. The Platonism of many thinkers, especially in medieval times, was more often than not implicit, rather than conscious borrowing. It derived not from the Platonic corpus (most of which was unknown at that time), but indirectly through Philo, and theologians like Augustine and Origen. The combined effect of these factors is that the legacy of Platonism is rich, varied and extensive, but eludes the scope of focused enquiry. A further factor complicating assessments of Platonism in the modern era, is polarisation in the historiography itself. Historians of modern philosophy—at least in the anglophone world—readily adopt a model which counterposes ancient and modern. Drawing on a division, which the early modern philosophers themselves invoked, they employ an ‘ancient- 7 modern distinction’ as a principle for organising the history of philosophy. |
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Marsilio Ficino Platonism and Heresy 31 | 30 |
Herbert Plotinus | 45 |
Comenius Light Metaphysics and Educational Reform | 63 |
Robert Fludds Kabbalistic Cosmos | 75 |
The Problem of Other Faiths | 93 |
Cudworths | 112 |
Chaos and Order in Cudworths Thought | 131 |
Platos Timaeus and Descartes | 177 |
Locke Plato and Platonism 193 | 192 |
Reflections on Lockes Platonism | 207 |
The Platonism at the Core of Leibnizs Philosophy 225 | 224 |
Platonic Metaphysics | 239 |
Which Platonism for Which Modernity? A Note | 255 |
Platonism Aesthetics and the Sublime | 268 |
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