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Alexandrakis, Aphrodite, editor. Neoplatonism and Western Aesthetics (Studies in Neoplatonism: Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12).(Book Review)

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The Review of Metaphysics, June 1st, 2003

Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. xi + 254 pp. Cloth, $71.50; paper, $23.95--This is a very useful collection of papers on a highly significant topic, one that up to now has not received the attention it deserves. It is divided into four sections, and these make sense. They consist of Neoplatonism and the concept of the beautiful, representational design, contemporary aesthetics, and cosmic genesis. Most of the essays are brief and helpful, and anyone interested in Plotinus, who is dealt with extensively here, will find much of interest in this collection. The only general crit...

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