Platonopolis: Platonic Political Philosophy in Late Antiquity

by Dominic J . O ' Meara (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $149.53

  Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. This work presents a reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas.