Structure of Being and the Search for the Good
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ancient political philosophy
Author_Dominic O'Meara
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Dualism
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Euclid
Gnosticism
late antique metaphysical theories
mathematical ontology
metaphysics of evil
mystical union philosophy
Neoplatonism
Numenius
Omnipresence
philosophical dualism
Plotinus
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- ISBN 9780860787655
- Weight: 750g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 22 Dec 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The essays in this book discuss a number of the central metaphysical and ethical themes that engaged the minds of Platonist philosophers during late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. One particular theme is that of the structure of reality, with the associated questions of the relations between soul and body and between intelligible and sensible reality, and the existence of mathematical objects. Other topics relate to evil and beauty, political life and its purpose, the philosophical search for the absolute Good, and how one can speak about this Absolute and have union with it. Going from Plato to Eriugena, the ways in which Platonist philosophers understood and developed these themes are analysed and compared.
Dominic O'Meara, Seminaire de Philosophie, Universite de Fribourg, Switzerland
