Book contents
- Christian Platonism
- Christian Platonism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- I Concepts
- II History
- III Engagements
- 3.1 Christian Platonism and Natural Science
- 3.2 Christian Platonism, Nature and Environmental Crisis
- 3.3 Art and Meaning
- 3.4 Value, Dualism, and Materialism
- 3.5 Christian Love and Platonic Friendship
- 3.6 Multiplicity in Earth and Heaven
- Index
- References
3.5 - Christian Love and Platonic Friendship
from III - Engagements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2021
- Christian Platonism
- Christian Platonism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- I Concepts
- II History
- III Engagements
- 3.1 Christian Platonism and Natural Science
- 3.2 Christian Platonism, Nature and Environmental Crisis
- 3.3 Art and Meaning
- 3.4 Value, Dualism, and Materialism
- 3.5 Christian Love and Platonic Friendship
- 3.6 Multiplicity in Earth and Heaven
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter explores Plato’s negotiation of friendship, and similar modern considerations, particularly those of Kant and Derrida.It suggests that Plato, far from advocating an abstracting position in opposition to Christian love, prepared the way for the gospel insofar as he tended to show that love and knowledge were inseparable, even at the highest level.
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- Christian PlatonismA History, pp. 450 - 471Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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