Leo Catana, 'The origin of the division between Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism'
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Leo Catana, 'The origin of the division between Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism'. / Catana, Leo.
I: Apeiron - a Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, Bind 46, Nr. 2, 2013, s. 166-200.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Leo Catana, 'The origin of the division between Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism'
AU - Catana, Leo
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The division of Ancient Platonism into Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism is a fairly new one. The conceptual foundation of this division was cemented in Jacob Brucker’s pioneering Historia critica philosophiae (1742-44). In the 1770s and 1780s, the term ‘Neoplatonism’ was coined on the basis of Brucker’s analysis. Three historiographical concepts were decisive to Brucker: ‘system of philosophy’, ‘eclecticism’ and ‘syncretism’. By means of these concepts, he characterized Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism as opposing philosophical movements, the former being a genuine form of Platonism, the latter a false form. However, the division is untenable and we out to abandon it
AB - The division of Ancient Platonism into Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism is a fairly new one. The conceptual foundation of this division was cemented in Jacob Brucker’s pioneering Historia critica philosophiae (1742-44). In the 1770s and 1780s, the term ‘Neoplatonism’ was coined on the basis of Brucker’s analysis. Three historiographical concepts were decisive to Brucker: ‘system of philosophy’, ‘eclecticism’ and ‘syncretism’. By means of these concepts, he characterized Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism as opposing philosophical movements, the former being a genuine form of Platonism, the latter a false form. However, the division is untenable and we out to abandon it
U2 - 10.1515/apeiron-2012-0029
DO - 10.1515/apeiron-2012-0029
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
SP - 166
EP - 200
JO - Apeiron
JF - Apeiron
SN - 0003-6390
IS - 2
ER -
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