Thomas Taylor, the Platonist: Selected Writings

Hardback

Main Details

Title Thomas Taylor, the Platonist: Selected Writings
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Taylor
Edited by Kathleen Raine
Edited by George Mills
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:584
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenrePhilosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780691656502
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 12 March 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

This volume makes available to the modern reader selected writings of Thomas Taylor, the eighteenth-century English Platonist. TO Taylor we are indebted for the first full translation into English of Plato and Aristotle. Platonism, as Taylor saw it, was an informing principle, transmitted through a "golden chain of philosophers," a doctrine receive