Plato and Aristotle in Agreement? Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry

by Karamanolis, George E.

• ISBN13: 9780199264568
• ISBN10: 0199264562
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-08
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

George Karamanolis breaks new ground in the study of later ancient philosophy by examining the interplay of the two main schools of thought, Platonism and Aristotelianism, from the first century BC to the third century AD. Arguing against prevailing scholarly assumption, he argues that the Platonists turned to Aristotle only in order to elucidate Plato's doctrines and to reconstruct Plato's philosophy, and that they did not hesitate to criticize Aristotle when judging him to be at odds with Plato. Karamanolis offers much food for thought to ancient philosophers and classicists.

Author Biography

George E. Karamanolis is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Crete.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Antiochus of Ascalon	p. 44
Plutarch	p. 85
Numenius	p. 127
Atticus	p. 150
Ammonius Saccas	p. 191
Plotinus	p. 216
Porphyry	p. 243
The Platonism of Aristotle and of the Early Peripatetics	p. 331
List of Works of Platonists on Aristotle's Philosophy	p. 337
Bibliography	p. 340
General Index	p. 363
Index of Passages	p. 379
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