The Platonic Tradition in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period : A Doxographic Approach

Incomplete copy; several articles are missing!This collection of essays delineates the history of the rather disparate intellectual tradition usually labelled as "Platonic" or "Neoplatonic". In chronological order, the book covers the most eminent philosophic schools of thought within that tradition. The most important terms of the Platonic tradition are studied together with a discussion of their semantic implications, the philosophical and theological claims associated with the terms, the sources that furnish the terms, and the intellectual traditions aligned with or opposed to them. The contributors thereby provide a vivid intellectual map of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. Contributions are written in English or German. Offers the collection of essays that delineates the history of the rather disparate intellectual tradition usually labeled as "Platonic" or "Neoplatonic". In chronological order, this book covers the eminent philosophic schools of thought within that tradition. The beginnings of medieval philosophy, in a textual sense, can be found in the Latin authors of late antiquity.