Schleiermacher’s Plato

Julia A. Lamm

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Schleiermacher’s Plato

Julia A. Lamm

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110695069

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About this book

Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Platons Werke (1804–28) changed how we understand Plato. His translation of Plato’s dialogues remained the authoritative one in the German-speaking world for two hundred years, but it was his interpretation of Plato and the Platonic corpus, set forth in his Introductions to the dialogues, that proved so revolutionary for classicists and philosophers worldwide. Schleiermacher created a Platonic question for the modern world. Yet, in Schleiermacher studies, surprisingly little is known about Schleiermacher’s deep engagement with Plato.

Schleiermacher’s Plato is the first book-length study of the topic. It addresses two basic questions: How did Schleiermacher understand Plato? In what ways was Schleiermacher’s own thought influenced by Plato? Lamm argues that Schleiermacher’s thought was profoundly influenced by Plato, or rather by his rather distinctive understanding of Plato. This is true not only of Schleiermacher’s philosophy (Hermeneutics, Dialectics) but also of his thinking about religion and Christian faith during the first decade of the nineteenth century (Christmas Dialogue, Speeches on Religion). Schleiermacher’s Plato should be of interest to classicists, philosophers, theologians, and scholars of religion.

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Julia A. Lamm, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

Reviews

"Julia Lamm has provided us with an outstanding example of historical and philosophical scholarship. Schleiermacher’s Plato shows how classical scholarship, philosophy and its history, and religious thought were all reconfigured at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and how these transformations were interrelated. There are not many who have been brave enough to wade through this complicated terrain in which so many intellectual currents, traditions, and interactions come together. Lamm is to be thanked and congratulated for her pioneering activity."
Johannes Zachhuber, Journal of Theological Studies, 73 (2022) 420–423

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XIX
1 Introduction: Schleiermacher’s Plato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Schleiermacher’s Platons Werke and Its Legacy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3 Practicing on Plato: Interpretation, Socratic Clues, and the Emergence of Schleiermacher’s Hermeneutics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
4 Reading Plato’s Dialectics: Schleiermacher’s Insistence on Dialectics as Dialogical Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
5 Schleiermacher’s Christmas Dialogue as Platonic Dialogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6 The Presence of Plato in the Speeches (1806), Part 1: Revising, Reconceiving, and Recasting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
7 The Presence of Plato in the Speeches (1806), Part 2: Being, Non-Being, and Intuition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
8 Conclusion: Schleiermacher’s Plato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, students, and institutions of western philosophy and philosophy of religion
Pages
- Front matter: 21
- Main content: 255
Illustrations
- Tables: 8
Keywords: Schleiermacher; Plato; modern Platonism

eBook

Published: November 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110695069

Hardcover

Published: November 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110694895

Paperback

Published: May 8, 2023
ISBN: 9783111262444