Moral Virtue as a Requisite for Illumination in the Platonic Tradition

This paper traces the development of the idea that we must cultivate moral virtue in order to attain some degree of illumination regarding the nature of reality. I use the term "illumination" to cover a range of meanings intended by the philosophers I discuss, such as the "acquisition...

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Main Author: Sheeley, Kristian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 10
Further subjects:B Beauty
B Gregory Nazianzen
B Basil the Great
B Wisdom
B Purification
B Gregory of Nyssa
B Plotinus
B Virtue
B Plato
B Conversion
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