Platonic Legacies

by John Sallis

Overview

Demonstrates how archaic Platonism has a profound significance for contemporary thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791462379
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	10/14/2004
Series:	SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

John Sallis is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park. He has written many books, including Double Truth and Interrogating the Tradition: Hermeneutics and the History of Philosophy (coedited with Charles E. Scott), both published by SUNY Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Nietzsche's Platonism

2. The Politics of the Cïra

3. Daydream

4. Platonism at the Limit of Metaphysics

5. Grounders of the Abyss

6. Uranic Time

7. What's the Matter with "Nature"?

8. Tragedy from Afar

Index

Editorial Reviews

"Sallis demonstrates that he has learned enormously from his engagement with these thinkers. His work is a model for us all."

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