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The Platonic tradition in Western philosophy is not just one of many equally central traditions. It is so much THE central one that the very existence and survival of Western civilization depends on it. It is like the Confucian tradition in Chinese culture, or the monotheistic tradition in religion, or the human rights tradition in politics.In the first of his eight lectures, Peter Kreeft defines Platonism and its ?Big Idea,? the idea of a transcendent reality that the history of philosophy has labeled ?Platonic Ideas? or Platonic Forms. In the second lecture, he briefly explores Plato?s two basic predecessors or sources, myth and Socrates; and then looks at 12 applications of the Forms in Plato?s own dialogues. The third lecture covers the three most important modifications or additions to Plato himself in the Platonic tradition: Aristotle, Plotinus, and Augustine, each of whom gave the Forms a new metaphysical address. The fourth lecture explores six Christian Platonists, three in .
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