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HoP 201 - Stephen Gersh on Medieval Platonism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Approaches to Allegorizing pagan texts and the challenge of Proclus

This chapter explores how medieval writers dealt with pagan or non-Christian aspects of texts, particularly the approach of allegorizing them. It also discusses the challenge of interpreting the works of Proclus, which contained numerous gods and henads, and how different writers addressed this problem.

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