Radical platonism in Byzantium : illumination and utopia in Gemistos Plethon

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Siniossoglou, Niketas.

ISBN:

9781107013032

Edition:

First published 2011.

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2011.

Physical Description:

xvi, 454 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Cambridge classical studies

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Plethon and the notion of Paganism; Part I. Lost Rings of the Platonist Golden Chain: 1. Underground Platonism in Byzantium; 2. The rise of the Byzantine Illuminati; 3. The Plethon affair; Part II. The Elements of Pagan Platonism: 4. Epistemic optimism; 5. Pagan ontology; 6. Symbolic theology: the mythologising of Platonic ontology; Part III. Mistra versus Athos: 7. Intellectual and spiritual utopias; Part IV. The Path of Ulysses and the Path of Abraham: 8. Conclusion; Epilogue: 'Spinozism before Spinoza', or the pagan roots of modernity.

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Gemistus Plethon, George, active 15th century.

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