Overview
This book traces, for the first time, a revolution in philosophy which took place during the early centuries of our era. It reconstructs the philosophical basis of the Stoics' theory that fragments of an ancient and divine wisdom could be reconstructed from mythological traditions, and shows that Platonism was founded on an argument that Plato had himself achieved a full reconstruction of this wisdom, and that subsequent philosophies had only regressed once again in their attempts to 'improve' on his achievement. The significance of this development is highlighted through parallel studies of the Hellenistic debate over the status of Jewish culture; and of the philosophical beginnings of Christianity, where the notions of 'orthodoxy' and 'heresy' in particular are shown to be tools in the construction of a unified history of Christian philosophy stretching back to primitive antiquity.
Full Product Details
Author: George Boys-Stones (Professor of Classics and Philosophy, Professor of Classics and Philosophy, University of Toronto)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.324kg
ISBN: 9780198857327
ISBN 10: 0198857322
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 May 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Boys-Stones paints a far more exciting picture of the period than anyone else in this highly interesting and at times controversial book. * Hermathena * [A] relatively short but important book. * The Philosophical Review * Post-Hellenistic Philosophy has much to offer students of ancient philosophy and intellectual history, and offers interesting and for the most part plausible ideas about the ways in which a new Platonic philosophy came into existence. * Ancient Philosophy *
Post-Hellenistic Philosophy has much to offer students of ancient philosophy and intellectual history, and offers interesting and for the most part plausible ideas about the ways in which a new Platonic philosophy came into existence. * Ancient Philosophy * [A] relatively short but important book. * The Philosophical Review * Boys-Stones paints a far more exciting picture of the period than anyone else in this highly interesting and at times controversial book. * Hermathena *
Author Information
G. R. Boys-Stones is Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Toronoto. He was previously Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Durham, and founding Co-Director of the Durham Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy.
