27 avril 2015
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John Dillon, « The Ideas as thoughts of God », Études platoniciennes, ID : 10.4000/etudesplatoniciennes.448
Xenocrates’ Nous-Monad The precise origin of the concept of the Platonic Forms, or Ideas, as thoughts of God is a long-standing puzzle in the history of Platonism, which I am on record as dismissing somewhat brusquely in various works. I am glad to have an opportunity to return to it now, in this distinguished company. I propose to begin my consideration of it on this occasion by returning to the seminal article of Audrey Rich, published in Mnemosyne back in 1954. As you may recall, Rich’s th...