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Volume seven deals with Plato‹s theology, establishing the goal, center and as it were the keystone of theocentric Platonic philosophy. The following subjects are dealt with systematically: in the first volume of the set doxographical information on Plato‹s theology (182-183), Platonists‹ discussions ...

The theory of the soul was a matter on which philosophers focused particularly, since it showed them their own position within reality as well as their specific potential and goals. Thus the theory of the soul provides the psychological and epistemological prerequisites for Platonic theology and metaphysics ...

This volume examines three extremely important problems of ancient Platonism: the theory of forms (125-135), the theory of the origin of the world (136-145) and the theory of the elements (146-150). Dealing as it does in its first section with Platonic principles, this volume is linked directly to the ...

Following the description of the external history in Volumes 1-3, the teachings of Platonism are presented in the subsequent volumes. The fourth volume begins by dealing with some fundamental postulates. It questions the definition, the purpose and the classifications of philosophy (101-102) and then ...

Volume three deals with the conditions under which the Platonic philosophers were living in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD and focuses on the assistance they received from the cities and the emperor, public tributes, the way in which they were judged by outsiders and the decline of Platonism in the 3rd ...

Volume 2 examines the interest which Plato and his teachings aroused outside the Academy during the Hellenistic Period. The annotated source material reports criticism and praise, rejection and recognition of Plato. It also describes the first endeavors of ancient grammarians to compile the Corpus Platonicum ...

This volume traces the external and internal history of the Academy Plato‹s school, up to the time of Cicero (and up until its official closing in 529 AD) and focuses on the question of how much was known of the teachings of Plato and his followers in the 1st century BC, i.e. what were the foundations ...