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The Nous Doctrine in Plato’s Thought
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Andrew Mason
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July 25, 2013
Abstract
The article argues that the doctrine that nous rules the world plays a decisive role in the development of Plato’s thought, despite the strong critique of Anaxagoras in the Phaedo and the absence of the doctrine in other middle dialogues such as the Republic. It addresses the Timaeus as a transformative rehabilitation of the nous doctrine, through the ‘world-soul,’ the demiurge, and the class of other gods. It then considers the ways this schema is modified in later dialogues (Statesman, Philebus, Laws) in light of the suppression of the problem of natural disaster in the Timaeus.
Published Online: 2013-07-25
Published in Print: 2013-07
© 2013 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.
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- The Nous Doctrine in Plato’s Thought
- Counting the Hypotheses in Plato’s Parmenides
- Viewing the World from Different Angles: Plato’s Timaeus 54E-55A
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