Rewriting the History of Ancient Greek Philosophy
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This book examines what we can reliably know about Plato and the historical Socrates. It shows how pervasively the sources of information were biased by Pythagoreanism, Platonism, and Neoplatonism. It gives a source-critical account of how the climate of opinion in fourth-century Athens was captured by the Pythagoreans and how Speusippos's Academy also came to be pythagorized--adding definitional idealism to Pythagorean number idealism, and elevating...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0313303576
ISBN13:9780313303579
Release Date:November 1997
Publisher:Praeger
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.81 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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