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ALCINOUS
, the Platonic philosopher, lived probably in the See also:time of the Caesars
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He was the author of an 'Elrcro z TWv IIkarwvos Soyµarwv, an See also:analysis of See also:Plato's See also:philosophy according to later writers
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It is rather in the manner of See also:Aristotle, and freely attributes to Plato any ideas of other philosophers which appeared to contribute to the See also:system
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He produced in the end a See also:synthesis of Plato and Aristotle with an admixture of See also:Pythagorean or See also:Oriental See also:mysticism, and is closely allied to the Alexandrian school of thought
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He recognized -a See also:God who is unknowable, and a See also:series of beings (Saiµoves) who hold inter-course with men
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He recognized also Ideas and See also:Matter, and borrowed largely from Aristotle and the See also:Stoics
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The 'Err.ro n has been translated by See also:Pierre See also:Balbi (See also:Rome, 1469) and by Marsilio See also:Ficino; into See also:French by J
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See also:Combes-Dounous (See also:Paris, 1800), and into See also:English by See also: |
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