Brill's Companion to German Platonism (Brill's Companions to Philosophy: Brill's Companions to Philosophy: Ancient Philosophy, 3)

In Brill's Companion to the German Platonism, an international team of scholars traces the interpretation and appropriation of Plato among German thinkers and writers from Nicholas of Cusa to Peter Sloterdijk, with special emphasis on nineteenth- and twentieth-century reception. Contents Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction • Alan Kim 2 Plato and the Platonic Tradition in the Philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa • Claudia D’Amico 3 Leibniz: The Last Great Christian Platonist • Jack Davidson 4 The Infinitesimal Calculus of the Soul: Moses Mendelssohn’s Phädon • Bruce Rosenstock 5 Kant and Plato: An Introduction • Manfred Baum 6 Hegel’s Plato: A New Departure • Jere O’Neill Surber 7 Schleiermacher on Plato: From Form (Introduction to Plato’s Works) to Content (Outlines of a Critique of Previous Ethical Theory) • André Laks 8 Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Theory of the Platonic Dialogue and Its Legacy • Thomas Alexander Szlezák 9 Plato’s Conception of Time at the Foundation of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy • Robert Wicks 10 Plato-Reception in the Marburg School • Karl-Heinz Lembeck 11 Nietzsche and Plato • Richard Bett 12 Phenomenological Platonism: Husserl and Plato • Alan Kim 13 Heidegger’s Ambiguous and Unfinished Confrontation with Plato • Francisco J. Gonzalez 14 The Tübingen School • Vittorio Hösle 15 Form and Language: Gadamer’s Platonism • François Renaud Index of Pre-Modern Authors and Notables (born before 1500) Index of Modern Authors and Notables Index of Subjects For six centuries, Plato has held German philosophy in his grip. Brill's Companion to German Platonism examines how German thinkers have interpreted Plato and how in turn he has decisively influenced their thought. Under the editorship of Alan Kim, this companion gathers the work of scholars from four continents, writing on figures from Cusanus and Leibniz to Husserl and Heidegger. Taken together, their contributions reveal a characteristic pattern of "transcendental" interpretations of the mind's relation to the Platonic Forms. In addition, the volume examines the importance that the dialogue form itself has assumed since the nineteenth century, with essays on Schleiermacher, the Tbingen School, and Gadamer. Brill's Companion to German Platonism presents both Plato and his German interpreters in a fascinating new light. For six centuries, Plato has held German philosophy in his grip. Brill's Companion to German Platonism examines how German thinkers have interpreted Plato and how in turn he has decisively influenced their thought. Under the editorship of Alan Kim, this companion gathers the work of scholars from four continents, writing on figures from Cusanus and Leibniz to Husserl and Heidegger. Taken together, their contributions reveal a characteristic pattern of "transcendental" interpretations of the mind's relation to the Platonic Forms. In addition, the volume examines the importance that the dialogue form itself has assumed since the nineteenth century, with essays on Schleiermacher, the Tübingen School, and Gadamer. Brill's Companion to German Platonism presents both Plato and his German interpreters in a fascinating new light