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Is Plato’s Timaeus Panentheistic?
Citation
Baltzly, DC, Is Plato's Timaeus Panentheistic?, Sophia, 49, (2) pp. 193-215. ISSN 0038-1527 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
DOI: doi:10.1007/s11841-010-0170-z
Abstract
Hartshorne and Reese thought that in the Timaeus Plato wasn't quite a panentheist - though he would have been if he'd been consistent. More recently, Cooper has argued that while Plato's World Soul may have inspired panentheists, Plato's text does not itself describe a form of panenetheism. In this paper, I will reconsider this question not only by examining closely the Timaeus but by thinking about which features of current characterizations of panentheism are historically accidental and how the core of the doctrine might most fruitfully be understood. I'll argue that there is a polytheistic view that deserves to be called panentheistic and that Plato's Timaeus describes such a view. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Research Group: | History and philosophy of specific fields |
Research Field: | History of philosophy |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies |
UTAS Author: | Baltzly, DC (Professor Dirk Baltzly) |
ID Code: | 92953 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2014-07-02 |
Last Modified: | 2014-12-23 |
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