Platonismus (P maiusculo) est philosophiaPlatonis vel nomen cuiuslibet alius formulae philosophicae ex ea arte deductae; et (p minusculo) philosophia quae adfirmat exsistentiamres abstractae, quae habentur exsistere in "regno tertio," a mundo exteriore sensuali mundoque interno conscientiae distinctam, et est nominalismo (n minusculo) opposita.[1]
Prima notio est doctrina idearum, in qua solum ens verum in formis conditur, in typis aeternis, immutabilibus, perfectis, quorum res separate a sensibus perceptae exemplaria vitiosa sunt.
↑"Philosophers who affirm the existence of abstract objects are sometimes called platonists; those who deny their existence are sometimes called nominalists. This terminology is lamentable, since these words have established senses in the history of philosophy, where they denote positions that have little to do with the modern notion of an abstract object. However, the contemporary senses of these terms are now established, and so the reader should be aware of them. . . . In this connection, it is essential to bear in mind that modern platonists (with a small 'p') need not accept any of the doctrines of Plato, just as modern nominalists need not accept the doctrines of the medieval Nominalists" (Rosen 2012).
↑R. J. O'Connell, "The Enneads and St Augustine's Vision of Happiness," Vigiliae Christianae 17 (1963):129–164.
↑Jaroslav Pelikan, The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, vol 1, The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition 100-600; vol. 3, The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, vol. 3, The Growth of Mediaeval Theology 600–1300, sectio "The Augustinian Synthesis."
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