{"product_id":"aristotle-and-other-platonists-hardcover","title":"Aristotle and Other Platonists - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLloyd P. Gerson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Aristotle versus Plato. For a long time that is the angle from which the tale has been told, in textbooks on the history of philosophy and to university students. Aristotle's philosophy, so the story goes, was au fond in opposition to Plato's. But it was not always thus.\"--from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a wide-ranging book likely to cause controversy, Lloyd P. Gerson sets out the case for the \"harmony\" of Platonism and Aristotelianism, the standard view in late antiquity. He aims to show that the twentieth-century view that Aristotle started out as a Platonist and ended up as an anti-Platonist is seriously flawed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerson examines the Neoplatonic commentators on Aristotle based on their principle of harmony. In considering ancient studies of Aristotle's Categories, Physics, De Anima, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics, the author shows how the principle of harmony allows us to understand numerous texts that otherwise appear intractable. Gerson also explains how these \"esoteric\" treatises can be seen not to conflict with the early \"exoteric\" and admittedly Platonic dialogues of Aristotle. Aristotle and Other Platonists concludes with an assessment of some of the philosophical results of acknowledging harmony.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His books include\u003ci\u003e Knowing Persons: A Study in Plato, God and Greek Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlotinus\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eArguments of the Philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e series). He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Plotinus\u003c\/i\u003e and the four-volume \u003ci\u003eAristotle: Critical Assessments\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of several volumes of translations and commentaries on Greek texts, including Aristotle: Selected Works and\u003ci\u003e Aristotle's Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (with H. G. Apostle), \u003ci\u003e Hellenistic Philosophy: Introductory Readings\u003c\/i\u003e (with Brad Inwood), and \u003ci\u003eNeoplatonic Philosophy: Introductory Readings\u003c\/i\u003e (with John Dillon).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9.64 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45104904110159,"sku":"9780801441646","price":123.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/L0ZSbnlIa09sbExmWkFJK3M0UDBtQT09.webp?v=1776403451","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/aristotle-and-other-platonists-hardcover","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}