La philosophie antique by Pierre Vesperini

• Authors: Welter Brian
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper is a review of Pierre Vesperini’s book: La philosophie antique. Essai d’histoire (Paris: Fayard, 2019). According to the author, Vesperini attempts to make the reader more aware and critical of our current interpretation of the ancients. He does it by showing that modernity, influenced by ancient Christianity, misinterpreted ancient philosophy, and that the latter did not slough off the “irrational,” “mystique,” or “mythique” over the centuries in favor of rationalism, but retained these elements throughout its pre-Christian history.

Keywords

EN

Pierre Vesperini; ancient philosophy; religion; rationalism; modernity; Christianity

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 717-723

Dates

published

2020-12-30

Contributors

author

Welter Brian

References

• Vesperini, Pierre. La philosophie antique. Essai d’histoire. Paris: Fayard, 2019.

Identifiers

ISSN

2300–0066

ISSN

2577–0314

DOI

10.26385/SG.090431