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Radical platonism in Byzantium : illumination and utopia in Gemistos Plethon
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Radical platonism in Byzantium : illumination and utopia in Gemistos Plethon

Auteur: Niketas Siniossoglou
Uitgever: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Serie: Cambridge classical studies.
Editie/Formaat:   Boek : EngelsAlle edities en materiaalsoorten bekijken.
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"Byzantium has recently attracted much attention, but principally among cultural, social and economic historians. This book shifts the focus to intellectual history, exploring the thoughts of visionary reformer Gemistos Plethon (c.1355-1452). It argues that Plethon brought to their fulfilment latent tendencies among Byzantine humanists towards a distinctive anti-Christian and pagan outlook. His magnum opus, the  Meer lezen...
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Genoemd persoon: George Gemistus Plethon; George Gemistus Plethon
Genre: Internetbron
Soort document: Boek, Internetbron
Alle auteurs / medewerkers: Niketas Siniossoglou
ISBN: 9781107013032 1107013038
OCLC-nummer: 711048207
Beschrijving: xvi, 454 p. ; 23 cm.
Inhoud: Introduction : Plethon and the notion of paganism --
pt. 1. Lost rings of the Platonist golden chain. Underground Platonism in Byzantium ; The rise of the Byzantine illuminati ; The Plethon affair --
pt. 2. The elements of pagan Platonism. Epistemic optimism ; Pagan ontology ; Symbolic theology : the mythologising of Platonic ontology --
pt. 3. Mistra versus Athos. Intellectual and spiritual utopias --
pt. 4. The path of Ulysses and the path of Abraham. Conclusion ; Epilogue : 'Spinozism before Spinoza', or, The pagan roots of modernity.
Serietitel: Cambridge classical studies.
Verantwoordelijkheid: Niketas Siniossoglou.
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A groundbreaking approach to late Byzantine intellectual history and the philosophy of visionary reformer Gemistos Plethon.  Meer lezen...

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