Radical platonism in Byzantium: illumination and utopia in Gemistos Plethon/

Main Author: Σινιόσογλου, Νικήτας
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, c2011
Series:Cambridge classical studies
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300 1 0 |a xvi, 454 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
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504 0 0 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-446) and index. 
505 1 0 |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Plethon and the notion of Paganism; Part I. Lost Rings of the Platonist Golden Chain: 1. Underground Platonism in Byzantium; 2. The rise of the Byzantine Illuminati; 3. The Plethon affair; Part II. The Elements of Pagan Platonism: 4. Epistemic optimism; 5. Pagan ontology; 6. Symbolic theology: the mythologising of Platonic ontology; Part III. Mistra versus Athos: 7. Intellectual and spiritual utopias; Part IV. The Path of Ulysses and the Path of Abraham: 8. Conclusion; Epilogue: 'Spinozism before Spinoza', or the pagan roots of modernity. 
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