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Dominic J. O'Meara
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Platonopolis: Platonic Political Philosophy in Late Antiquity |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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264 |
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2003-07-03 |
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0199257582 |
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Oxford University Press, USA |
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1.0 pounds |
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6.5 x 0.75 x 9.33 inches |
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Product Description
Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity, from Plotinus (third century) to the sixth-century schools in Athens and Alexandria, neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. Dominic O'Meara presents a revelatory reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas, and he reconstructs for the first time a coherent political philosophy of Late Platonism.
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http://bookmooch.com/0199257582 |
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