| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 86 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Journal of the history of philosophy monograph series
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Journal of the history of philosophy monograph series.
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| Note |
"Published for The Journal of the History of Philosophy, Inc." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81) and index. |
| Summary |
This book is the first sustained modern investigation of Platoʹs theology. A central thesis of the book is that Plato had a theology -- not just a mythology for the ideal city, not just the theory of forms or the theory of cosmic souls, but also, irreducible to any of these, an account of God as Nous (Reason), the source of rational order both to souls and the world of bodies. The understanding of God as Reason, and of the world as governed directly or indirectly by Reason, is worked out in the dialogues of Platoʹs last period, the Statesman, Philebus, Timaeus, and Laws. These dialogues offer a strategy for explaining the physical world that goes beyond anything in the middle dialogues, and gives the best starting point for understanding the cosmologies and theologies of Aristotle, the Stoics, and later ancient thinkers. -- Back cover. |
| Contents |
Platonic hypotheses of Nous -- Who is the demiurge? -- What does "Nous" mean? -- Can Nous exist apart from soul? -- Nous in anaxagoras and other pre-Socratics -- Plato on soul as mediator -- How does Nous cause? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plato.
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Plato. |
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Plato. |
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Plato. |
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God -- History of doctrines.
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God -- History of doctrines. |
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Noos (The Greek word)
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Noos (The Greek word) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
God.
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God. |
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Concept of Nous.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Menn, Stephen Philip, 1964- Plato on God as nous. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1995 0809319705 (DLC) 94015845 (OCoLC)30359071 |
| ISBN |
0585029709 (electronic book) |
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9780585029702 (electronic book) |
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0809319705 |
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9780809319701 (paper) |
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