Aristotle and Other Platonists

by Lloyd P. Gerson

Book Overview

"Aristotle versus Plato. For a long time that is the angle from which the tale has been told, in textbooks on the history of philosophy and to university students. Aristotle's philosophy, so the story goes, was au fond in opposition to Plato's. But it was not always thus."--from the Introduction

In a wide-ranging book likely to cause controversy, Lloyd P. Gerson sets out the case for the "harmony" of Platonism and Aristotelianism, the standard...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801473373
• ISBN13: 9780801473371
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher