Platonism at the Origins of Modernity: Studies on Platonism and Early Modern Philosophy

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Douglas Hedley, Sarah Hutton
Springer Science & Business Media, 22 դեկ, 2007 թ. - 296 էջ
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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Platonism
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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
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Reflections on Lockes Platonism
207
The Platonism at the Core of Leibnizs Philosophy 225
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Platonic Metaphysics
239
Which Platonism for Which Modernity? A Note
255
Platonism Aesthetics and the Sublime
268
Index of Names
283

Cudworth Prior and Passmore on
146

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Էջ 60 - At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is, But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity. Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards, Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
Էջ 133 - Seeing then that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations, a man that seeketh precise truth had need to remember what every name he uses stands for, and to place it accordingly, or else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime twigs, the more he struggles the more belimed.
Էջ 276 - All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye, and ear, — both what they half create, And what perceive...
Էջ 204 - Power thus considered is twofold; viz. as able to make, or able to receive, any change : the one may be called " active," and the other " passive,
Էջ 232 - For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made.
Էջ 274 - To admire on principle, is the only way to imitate without loss of originality.
Էջ 161 - Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

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