Platonopolis Platonic political philosophy in late antiquity

Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of late antiquity, from Plotinus (3rd century) to the 6th-century schools in Athens and Alexandria, neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in concentrating on an otherworldly life. The author presents a reappraisal

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Meara, Dominic J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 2003, 2003
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