REWRITING THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY by Victorino Tejera ( 9780313303579 )

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Title:

REWRITING THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0313303576

ISBN 13:

9780313303579

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO

Pub. date:

20 November, 1997

Series:

Contributions in Philosophy No. 59

Pages:

160

Description:

Examining what we can reliably know about Plato and the historical Socrates, this text shows how pervasively the sources of information were biased by Pythagoreanism, Platonism and Neoplatonism. A source-critical account of 4th-century Athens opinion reappraises ancient Greek philosophy.

Synopsis:

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 Plato to a divine level that makes him into a coequal of Pythagoras, thus capturing Plato for Pythagoreanism. By showing how Plato's dialogues were dedramatized, dedialogized, and read or understood as if they were works expounding pythagorizing doctrine, Tejera has created a provocative reappraisal for scholars of ancient Greek philosophy.

Illustrations:

bibliography, index

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Imprint:

Greenwood Press

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Non-returnable

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