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HoP 081 - Jan Opsomer on Middle Platonism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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What Is the Most Distinctive Aspect of Plutarch's Philosophy?

The world is an arena in which goodness and evil are a kind of doging it out for mastery. For plutarch, what is really central is theology, the reverence you should have for the gods. He believes there is a first god who is, at the same time, the demiurge, and who created the world.

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