In Quest of Platonopolis: Excerpts from Research Visits to Philosophical Communities

• Authors: Kramer Eli
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Preview: In general, the idea of a completely contemplative life, of a studious leisure whose pleasantness would be still further enhanced by the pure pleasure of the spiritual friendship, exerted on all of Antiquity a fascination which seemed to only increase at the end of the Roman Empire. One hundred years after Plotinus, Augustine too, before his conversion, would dream of a phalanstery of philosophers, where, in leisure and complete communal ownership of possessions, he and his friends could “flee the noise and annoyances of human life.”

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 107-115

Dates

published

2017-12-15

Contributors

author

Kramer Eli

• Department of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Identifiers

DOI

10.26319/2919