Unearthing Platonism by Lloyd P. Gerson - ISBN: 9781501789625
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Platonism’s lost system revealed: a philosophical history rediscovered.
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Unearthing Platonism

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    264 pages

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    15 November 2026

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Summary

Unearthing Platonism explores various aspects of Platonism, the dominant philosophical tradition in the west until the nineteenth century. Contemporary Plato scholarship, however, rejects a distinct philosophical position properly called “Platonism.” The very idea that Plato has a philosophical “system” is mostly held to be anathema within the English-speaking academic world, but prevailed among self-declared Platonists for nearly 800 years.

Lloyd P. Gerson challenges…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781501789625
ISBN-10:1501789627
Author:Lloyd P. Gerson
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Imprint:Cornell University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:15 November 2026
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Lloyd P. Gerson

Lloyd P. Gerson was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto for 50 years. He is the author of 11 books and editor and translator of 15 books in ancient philosophy.

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