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Readings in Platonism

by Allen Anderson

**This is not a podcast** This is simply a repository for audio recordings that I do not have space for on my phone. The recordings consist of my own my readings of secondary literature on the Platonic tradition in antiquity and in modern Plato studies. The recordings are rough, unedited and not of professional quality. **They exist solely for my own educational benefit** (and perhaps for that of others who may stumble upon them). All credit is owed to the authors of the various works being read.

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  1. "Knowledge of Self and the Good" - Lloyd Gerson

    In this essay, titled “Self-Knowledge and the Good,” Lloyd P. Gerson argues that self-knowledge, as understood, within Platonic philosophy, is knowledge of intellect, since intellect is the truest human self. Self-knowledge, in other words, is knowledge not merely of our occurrent subjective...

  2. [P&N] Ch.7: Aristotle the Platonist

    Chapter 7 considers the contributions of Aristotle to the completion of the Platonic project. Though Aristotle certainly dissented from many of Plato's claims, the focus of this chapter is on the principles the two share in common, as well as Aristotle's arguments for these principles and some of...

  3. [P&N] Ch. 6: The Centrality of the Idea of the Good in the Platonic System (pt.2)

    Chapter 6 investigates the centrality of the Idea of the Good for Plato's ethics. Just as the Idea of the Good is largely ignored in the bulk of Anglo-American scholarship on Plato's metaphysics, so too it is given little attention in scholarship on Plato's ethics. In this chapter, Gerson...

  4. [P&N] Ch.5: The Centrality of the Idea of the Good in the Platonic System (pt.1)

    @00:21 - The Idea of the Good, Unhypothetical First Principle of All......................................... @19:07 - First Principles in Parmenides........................ @43:28 - First Principles in Sophist............................@1:22:02 - First Principles in...

  5. [P&N] Ch.4: Plato on Being and Knowing

    @00:18 - Forms as Explanatory Entities @40:45 - Eternity and Time @1:11:49 - Nominalism and its Connection to Relativism @1:39:07 - The Nature and Possibility of Knowledge @2:07:15 - Some Exigencies of Knowledge and Belief

  6. [P&N] Ch.3: Plato's Critique of Naturalism

    Lloyd P. Gerson's 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦. Chapter 3: Plato's Critique of Naturalism @00:16 - Some Hermeneutical Assumptions @12:48 - The Turn from Naturalism to Metaphysics @24:10 - Socrates's "Autobiography" in Phaedo...

  7. [P&N] Ch.2: Platonism vs. Naturalism

    Chapter 2 of Lloyd Gerson's 'Platonism and Naturalism: The Possibility of Philosophy' lays out the contours of the opposition between Platonism and Naturalism. Gerson once again spells out his understanding of Platonism in terms of the five "antis" (positions rejected by all Platonists) he first...

  8. [P&N] Platonism and Naturalism: Ch.1: Introduction

    Introductory chapter to Lloyd Gerson's 2020 book, Platonism and Naturalism: The Possibility of Philosophy. Gerson begins by considering the claim made by (anti-Platonist) philosopher Richard Rorty that, Platonism and philosophy are more or less identical. in unpacking this shocking claim, Gerson...

  9. Proclus: The One, the Henads and the Principles

    Gerd Van Reil's essay

  10. iamblicus and henands again by John Dillon

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  11. iamblichus' exegesis of Parmenides' Hypotheses

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  12. Gerson P2P CH7

    Lloyd Gerson's From Plato to Platonism [P2P] CHAPTER 7: PLATONISM IN THE 'MIDDLE' Examines the unfolding tradition of Platonism in the period of so-called "middle Platonism", and the efforts to present a systematized account of Platonic philosophy. sections include: @5:29 Antiochus of Ascalon...

  13. Gerson P2P CH6

    Lloyd Gerson's From Plato to Platonism Chapter 6: The Academic Skeptics This is the second chapter of Part 2 of the book, which examines the reception of Plato in the following generations of Academic philosophers and the influence of the latter on the developing tradition of Platonism. Chapter 6...

  14. Gerson P2P CH5

    Chapter 5, "The Old Academy", of Lloyd Gerson's From Plato to Platonism. This is the first chapter of part 2 (of 3) of the book. Part 2, "the continuing creation of Platonism", looks at the reception of Plato by following generations of Academic philosophers and thier influence on the developing...

  15. Gerson P2P CH4

    Lloyd Gerson's From Plato to Platonism, Chapter 4: Aristotle on Plato and Platonism Aristotle and Ur-Platonism; Aristotle’s Testimony on the Mathematization of Forms; Aristotle’s Criticism of the Mathematization of Forms

  16. Gerson P2P CH3

    Ch3: Reading the Dialogues Platonically Developmentalism; the literary form of the dislogues; Plato's self-testimonies; etc.

  17. Gerson P2P CH2

    Chapter Two of Lloyd P. Gerson's From Plato to Platonism

  18. Gerson P2P CH1

    chapter one

  19. J.Greig—Proclus, Henads, Limit-Unlimited

    "Proclus on the Two Causal Models for the One’s Production of Being: Reconciling the Relation of the Henads and the Limit/Unlimited" by Jonathan Greig

  20. L.Gerson—Cherniss & Plato Studies

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  21. Perl [Thinking Being]—Ch.2 PLATO

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  22. Hans Joachim Krämer - ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὔσίας

    H.J. Krämer's essay on the background and meaning of the "beyond being-ness" of the Idea of the Good/the One in Plato. Tübingen School Hans Joachim Kramer Plato

  23. [MPP]: Introduction

    A reading of the introduction to Edward Butler's The Metaphysics of Polytheism in Proclus

  24. Theophany [Conclusion]

    A reading of the conclusion of Eric Perl's book Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

  25. Theophany [Ch.7]: Symbolism

    A reading of chapter 7, "Symbolism", of Eric Perl's book Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

  26. Theophany [Ch.6]: The Continuum of Cognition

    A reading of chapter 6, "The Continuum of Cognition" of Eric Perl's book Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

  27. Theophany[Ch.5]: The Hierarchy of Being

    A reading of chapter 5 of Eric Perl's Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

  28. Theophany[Ch.4]: The Problem of Evil

    A reading of chapter 4 of Eric Perl's book Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

  29. Theophany[Ch.3]: Goodness, Beauty, and Love

    a reading of chapter 3, "Goodness, Beauty, and Love" of Eric Perl's book Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

  30. Theophany[Ch2]: Being as Theophany

    A Reading of chapter 2 "Being as Theophany" of Eric Perl's book Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

  31. Theophany [Ch.1]: Being and Intelligibility

    a reading of chapter 1 "Being and Intelligibility" from Eric D. Perl's book Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite.

  32. Theophany: Introduction

    A Reading of Eric Perl's book "Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite"

  33. Eric Perl, "The Presence of the Paradigm: Immanence and Transcendence in Plato's Theory of Forms"

    a reading of Eric Perl's article

  34. The 'Holy Solemnity' of Forms and the Platonic Interpretation of Sophist

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's essay on the "motion of Being" in the Sophist.

  35. The Argument Against the Friends of the Forms Revisited: Sophist 248a4–259d5

    A reading of Michael Wiitala's essay

  36. On the Neoplatonic Reading of Sophist 248e–249d

    A reading of Eric Perl's essay "The Motion of Intellect: On the Neoplatonic Reading of Sophist 248e–249d

  37. Eric Perl the 'Motion of Intellect'

    An excerpt from Eric Perl's book Thinking Being: Metaphysics in the Classical Tradition in which he discusses the "motion" intrinsic to the Forms in the Sophist, and indeed throughout Plato's dialogues.

  38. Platonism and the Problem of Universals

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's essay.

  39. [AOP] Ch.9: Aristotle: Platonist Malgré Lui?

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists.

  40. [AOP] Ch.8: Aristotle's Ethics

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists

  41. [AOP] Ch.7: Aristotle and the Forms

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists

  42. [AOP] Ch.6: Aristotle's Metaphysics

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists

  43. [AOP] Ch.5: Psychology: Souls and Intellects

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists

  44. [AOP] Ch.4: Nature and Its Principles

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists

  45. [AOP] Ch.3: The Categories of Reality

    A reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists

  46. [AOP] Ch.2: The Exoteric Writings and the Early Aristotle

    a reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists.

  47. [AOP] Ch1: What is Platonism?

    a reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists

  48. Aristotle and Other Platonists [AOP] – Introduction

    a reading of Lloyd Gerson's Aristotle and Other Platonists

  49. Proclus and the Third Man Argument

    a reading of Lloyd Gerson's "Proclus and the Third Man Argument"

  50. 2.11 Plotinus on the Soul: Chapter 8: "The Soul and the Body"

    Ch.8 "The Soul and the Body" of Damian Caluori's book Plotinus on the Soul.... Plotinus denies that the soul is in the body, but insjsts that the reverse is true: the body is "in" the soul, much like the way an object can be "in" the light.

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**This is not a podcast** This is simply a repository for audio recordings that I do not have space for on my phone. The recordings consist of my own my readings of secondary literature on the Platonic tradition in antiquity and in modern Plato studies. The recordings are rough, unedited and not of professional quality. **They exist solely for my own educational benefit** (and perhaps for that of others who may stumble upon them). All credit is owed to the authors of the various works being read.

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