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For six centuries, Plato has held German philosophy in his grip. Brill’s Companion to German Platonism examines how German thinkers have interpreted Plato and how in turn he has decisively influenced their thought. Under the editorship of Alan Kim, this companion gathers the work of scholars from four continents, writing on figures from Cusanus and Leibniz to Husserl and Heidegger. Taken together, their contributions reveal a characteristic pattern of “transcendental” interpretations of the mind’s relation to the Platonic Forms. In addition, the volume examines the importance that the dialogue form itself has assumed since the nineteenth century, with essays on Schleiermacher, the Tübingen School, and Gadamer. Brill’s Companion to German Platonism presents both Plato and his German interpreters in a fascinating new light.

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Author:   Alan Kim
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.746kg
ISBN:  

9789004250673

ISBN 10:   9004250670
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   01 March 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction  Alan Kim 2 Plato and the Platonic Tradition in the Philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa  Claudia D’Amico 3 Leibniz: The Last Great Christian Platonist  Jack Davidson 4 The Infinitesimal Calculus of the Soul: Moses Mendelssohn’s Phädon  Bruce Rosenstock 5 Kant and Plato: An Introduction  Manfred Baum 6 Hegel’s Plato: A New Departure  Jere O’Neill Surber 7 Schleiermacher on Plato: From Form (Introduction to Plato’s Works) to Content (Outlines of a Critique of Previous Ethical Theory)  André Laks 8 Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Theory of Dialogue and Its Legacy  Thomas Alexander Szlezák 9 Plato’s Conception of Time at the Foundation of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy  Robert Wicks 10 Plato-Reception in the Marburg School  Karl-Heinz Lembeck 11 Nietzsche and Plato  Richard Bett 12 Phenomenological Platonism: Husserl and Plato  Alan Kim 13 Heidegger’s Ambiguous and Unfinished Confrontation with Plato  Francisco J. Gonzalez 14 The Tübingen School  Vittorio Hösle 15 Idea and Language: Gadamer’s Platonism  François Renaud Index

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[A]nyone interested in the interpretation of Plato's works will surely find this book an exciting source of inspiration. - Miquel Solans, Phenomenological Reviews

[A]nyone interested in the interpretation of Plato's works will surely find this book an exciting source of inspiration. - Miquel Solans, in: Phenomenological Reviews

Author Information

Alan Kim, Ph.D., McGill (2001), teaches Greek philosophy at SUNY-Stony Brook. In addition to his book, Plato in Germany (Academia, 2010), he has published in Phronesis, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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