Platonic Ideas and Concept Formation in Ancient and Medieval Thought

Edited by Gerd Van Riel and Caroline Macé

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Edited volume - hardback

This volume investigates the vicissitudes of Plato's theory of Forms in later Antiquity and in the Middle Ages, concentrating on the difficulties that are inherent in the theory, on the innovations adduced by Aristotelian authors, and on theological concepts.

Format: Edited volume - hardback

Size: 240 × 160 × 20 mm

259 pages

ISBN: 9789058674302

Publication: November 05, 2004

Series: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1 32

Languages: English

Stock item number: 46104

Gerd Van Riel is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the KU Leuven Institute of Philosophy. His main research areas are Plato and the Platonic tradition, especially later Neoplatonism (Proclus, Damascius), and saint Augustine.