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Platonopolis: platonic political philosophy in late antiquity

Autor Dominic J. O'Meara

Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Platonopolis: platonic political philosophy in late antiquity
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  • Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ISBN13 9780199257584
  • ISBN10 0199257582
  • Tipus LLIBRE
  • Pàgines 249
  • Any Edició 2003
  • Encuadernació Tela

Platonopolis: platonic political philosophy in late antiquity

Autor Dominic J. O'Meara

Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

67,80€
No disponible, consulti disponibilitat
Enviament gratuït
Espanya peninsular

Detalls del llibre

"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 otherwordly life. Dominic O'Meara presents a reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas, and he proposes for the first time a reconstruction of their political philosophy, their conception of the function, structure, and contents of political science, and its relation to political virtue and to the divinization of soul and state." "Among the topics discussed by O'Meara are: philosopher-kings and queens political goals and levels of reform; law, constitutions, justice, and penology; the political function of religion; and the limits of political science and action. He also explores various reactions to these political ideas in the works of Christian and Islamic writers, in particular Eusebius, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, and al-Farabi." Filling a gap in our understanding, Platonopolis will be of substantial interest to scholars and students of ancient philosophy, classicists, and historians of political thought.

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