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The heirs of Plato : a study of the Old Academy, 347-274 B.C. /

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Lucid and accessible, John Dillon's book offers an introductory chapter on Plato's followers in the first 70 years after his death, generally known as the 'Old Academy', and a summary of Plato's philosophical heritage before looking at each of the school heads and other chie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dillon, John M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Plato > v427-v347
Platonists.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Platonists > History.
Platoniciens > Histoire.
Philosophie ancienne.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
Philosophy, Ancient
Platonists
Philosophie
Rezeption
Platonisme.
Academie van Plato.
Platonische Akademie.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The riddle of academy
  • Speusippus and the search for an adequate system of principles
  • Xenocrates and the systematization of platonism
  • Polemo, champion of ethical praxis
  • Minor figures : Philippus of Opus, Hermodorus of Syracuse, Heraclides of Pontus, Crantor of Soli
  • Epilogue : Arcesilaus and the turn to scepticism.