Colloquium 4 Hermeneutical Platonism in Plutarch's Isis and Osiris.
In: Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy; 2021, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p99-122, 24p
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I here examine the underlying order of Plutarch's Isis and Osiris , following compositional cues the author uses to highlight its themes, in order to draw out distinctive features of Plutarch's philosophical agenda. After placing the text in the context of Plutarch's general themes and his other main Platonic-hermeneutical works, I follow the indications of key framing devices to bring to the surface his structuring concerns first with the erotic character of the cosmos, in which human eros is at home, and second with the intentions of ancient lawgivers to civilize human communities, both of which he sees represented in the Isis myth. The text thus exemplifies both Plutarch's recovery of the unity in Plato of metaphysics and political philosophy and his manner of achieving that recovery through a coordinated threefold hermeneutics of wisdom traditions and human and cosmic phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Colloquium 4 Hermeneutical Platonism in Plutarch's Isis and Osiris.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Shiffman, Mark |
Quelle: | Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy; 2021, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p99-122, 24p |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | Konferenz |
ISSN: | 1059-986X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1163/22134417-00361P10 |
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