Plato's forms, mathematics and astronomy / Theokritos Kouremenos.

Plato's view that mathematics paves the way for his philosophy of forms is well known. This book attempts to flesh out the relationship between mathematics and philosophy as Plato conceived them by proposing that in his view, although it is philosophy that came up with the concept of beings, wh...

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Main Author: Kouremenos, Theokritos (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]
Series:Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 67.
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