englischThe second edition of La noción de dios en el Timeo de Platón encapsulates the author's recent research, with a new Introduction that brings out the importance of the Timaeus with regard to the mind-body relation and to Plato's late ethics as well as providing fresh and illuminating [...]

englischThis work is as much a wide-ranging study in the history of mathematics as it is a study of a central but notoriously obscure aspect of Plato's thought. By clarifying the differences between ancient Greek and modern mathematics, and particularly the different notions of number involved, [...]

englischRobert Grosseteste was the first chancellor of Oxford University, and Bishop of Lincoln 1235-53. This book focuses on two important areas in his philosophy at the beginning of the thirteenth century: Philosophy of Intellect and Philosophy of Vision. This project aims to contribute to the [...]

englischThis volume of new essays by an international group of scholars examines the response of Hans-Georg Gadamer to Plato, especially to the Philebus. The book studies Gadamer's interpretative approach to the dialogues and unwritten doctrines of Plato. It also shows how, for Gadamer, reading [...]

englischTheaetetus is certainly one of the most complex dialogues and one of the most difficult to read, and its terminal part perhaps constitutes its most enigmatic aspect, because we are not told who Plato is conversing with and why, regarding the 'theory of the dream' expressed as follows: [...]

englischPlato's political philosophy is one of the most controversial facets of ancient thought. Because of its wide influence on the political thought of the last century, most of Plato's ideas are still under debate and he is seen either as the origin of totalitarian movements or as the [...]

englischThe 'mixture' takes on an exquisite role in the later Platonic dialogues. Georgia Mouroutsou focuses on the Sophist and the Philebus and places the central Platonic concept of mixture within the entire transference and transformation of participation (methexis).In the Platonic philosophy, we [...]

Der Band enthält Beiträge verschiedener Autoren über das Verhältnis Benedetto Croces zu Deutschland und zur deutschen Kultur. Croce - gleichermaßen Humanist, Philosoph und Historiker - formte seine Philosophie - vor allem seine Gedanken zur Geschichte und Ästhetik - in intensiver Auseinandersetzung [...]