Aristotle and other Platonists

by Gerson, Lloyd P.

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Title Statements

Full title :Aristotle and other Platonists / Lloyd P. Gerson.

Summary

"In a wide-ranging book likely to cause controversy, Lloyd P. Gerson sets out the case for the "harmony" of Platonism and Aristotelianism, the standard view in late antiquity. He aims to show that the twentieth-century view that Aristotle started out as a Platonist and ended up as an anti-Platonist is seriously flawed." "Gerson examines the Neoplatonic commentators on Aristotle based on their principle of harmony. In considering ancient studies of Aristotle's Categories, Physics, De Anima, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics, the author shows how the principle of harmony allows us to understand numerous texts that otherwise appear intractable. Gerson also explains how these "esoteric" treatises can be seen not to conflict with the early "exoteric" and admittedly Platonic dialogues of Aristotle. Aristotle and Other Platonists concludes with an assessment of some of the philosophical results of acknowledging harmony."--Jacket

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
Place of Publication:Ithaca
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 335 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781501716966, 1501716964
oclc:on1002418860
LC Classification:B485
Dewey Decimal:185

What is Platonism? -- The exoteric writings and the early Aristotle -- The categories of reality -- Nature and its principles -- Psychology : souls and intellects -- Aristotle's Metaphysics -- Aristotle and the forms -- Aristotle's Ethics -- Aristotle : Platonist malgré lui?