Animism and Metaphysics in Pater's Plato and Platonism

Kurt Lampe; Lee Behlman

Animism and Metaphysics in Pater's Plato and Platonism

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In this chapter we argue (1) that Walter Pater's reading of Platonism can make a philosophically interesting contribution to today's debates about Platonism and about ethics in general, and (2) that it does so precisely through Pater's integration of Tylorian anthropology. In short, Pater reads Platonism as a form of animism, which both gives structure to the Platonic life and meaning to the Platonic life-world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pater the Classicist
Editors	Charles Martindale, Stefano Evangelista, Liz Prettejohn
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Print)	9780198723417
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017
Event	Pater the Classicist - University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Duration: 30 Jun 2012 → 1 Jul 2012

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Workshop	Pater the Classicist
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Bristol
Period	30/06/12 → 1/07/12

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Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition

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Walter Pater
Plato
Platonism
animism

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Animism and Metaphysics in Pater's Plato and Platonism

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