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3.5 - Christian Love and Platonic Friendship

from III - Engagements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2021

By
Catherine Pickstock
Edited by
Alexander J. B. Hampton  and
John Peter Kenney
Alexander J. B. Hampton
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
John Peter Kenney
Affiliation:
Saint Michael's College, Vermont
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Summary

This chapter explores Plato’s negotiation of friendship, and similar modern considerations, particularly those of Kant and Derrida.It suggests that Plato, far from advocating an abstracting position in opposition to Christian love, prepared the way for the gospel insofar as he tended to show that love and knowledge were inseparable, even at the highest level.

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friendshipPlatoDerridaKant
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Christian Platonism
A History
 , pp. 450 - 471
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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