Les platonismes de l'Antiquité tardive : interactions philosophiques et religieuses (original) (raw)
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According to ancient authors, Carpocrates and his son Epiphanes were considered to represent a little-known Gnostic doctrine characterised by strong links with Platonic philosophy and libertine morality. Carpocrates became famous as the author of an specific interpretation of the theory of metempsychosis, while Epiphanes – as the exponent of collectivity of goods and women. In spite of their significant differences, both doctrines share a lot of similarities, as they are concerned with the same issues – mainly those discussed by Plato in his “Republic”. The article shows tight connections between Carpocrates and Epiphanes and Christianity, apparent in their usage of Jesus’ logia and of radical expressions derived from the letters by Paul of Tarsus.
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Aristote, "Métaphysique" A, 1-2: un texte "éminemment platonicien"?
Elenchos, 2011
Based on the study of two polemical allusions to platonic dialogues in the first two chapters of Aristotle's Metaphysics, the present article aims at showing that they both introduce to the sharp criticism of Plato's theory of Ideas which Aristotle develops at length in the later part of Book A. Indeed, both references to Republic ii 379 c-d and Gorgias 448 c, while being very allusive, betray a clearly ironical tone and reveal how polemical Aristotle's purpose is when he quotes Plato in these pages. A new interpretation of the opening of Book A is thus proposed: this paper suggests that, far from being an``outstandingly platonic'' text despite of its being deeply imbued with platonic references, the very beginning of Aristotle's Metaphysics already conveys subtle but systematic criticism against Plato, which derives precisely from Aristotle's peculiar use of platonic references. Finally, on the ground of textual details related to the main subject of this paper, a hypothesis is made regarding the role of platonic circles in the ancient transmission of Aristotle's Metaphysics.
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