The influence of "Idealism" has so penetrated our language and our thinking that we don't recognize it as perhaps the oldest continuously-operating philosophical system in the West. Although its influence rises and falls, its conception and articulation of "the Good" continues to shape our beliefs and aspirations. This is not good as opposed to evil, but the absolute source of all beneficence, beauty, and justice. This book traces its history and influence through some of the most fascinating people and periods in history--Plato in Classical Athens, Plotinus in Imperial Rome, Marsilio Ficino...
The influence of "Idealism" has so penetrated our language and our thinking that we don't recognize it as perhaps the oldest continuously-operating ph...
This book collects a series of essays related to the Western philosophical/spiritual tradition of the Ideal, which Plato calls "the universal author of all things beautiful and right." Essays include: The Ideal of Beauty The Ideal of Love The Ideal of Immortality The Ideal of Justice The Ideal of Hierarchy The Ideal of the Quest The Ideal of "The Odyssey" The Ideal of School The Ideal of Introspection
This book collects a series of essays related to the Western philosophical/spiritual tradition of the Ideal, which Plato calls "the universal author o...
