Religious Platonism: The Influence Of Religion On Plato And The Influence Of Plato On Religion

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION RELIGIOUS PLATONISM This page intentionally left blank RELIGIOUS PLATONISM The Influence of Religion on Plato and the Influence of Plato on Religion JAMES K. FEIBLEMAN Volume 13 First published in 1959 This edition first published in 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1959 James Kern Feibleman All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-0-415-65969-7 (Set) eISBN: 978-0-203-52926-3 (Set) ISBN: 978-0-415-82962-5 (Volume 13) eISBN: 978-0-203-38225-7(Volume 13) Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. This page intentionally left blank JAMES K. FEIBLEMAN Tulane University RELIGIOUS PLATONISM The Influence of Religion on Plato and the Influence of Plato on Religion Ruskin House GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD MUSEUM STREET LONDON FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1959 This hook is copyright under the Berne Convention. Apart from any fair dpaling for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1956, no portion may he reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiry should he made to the puhlisher. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN In I2 on 13 pt Fournier type BY UNWIN BROTHERS LIMITED, WOKING AND LONDON This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION Parrhesia Scholarship has earned the reputation for being more of a preservative than an instigator. We thinkof the scholar popularly as one who turns over old ground for the sakeof its mustiness, not as one who is concerned with the possible influence exciting ideas may have upon the future. He prefers to look back, just as the artist looks forward and the man of action sees only the present. However, it need not be altogether that way. For there are to be found in the past neglected ideas which could influence the future if they were restored t