Thomas McEvilley

It is ... possible to read Plato as if he were only discussing reason and not mystical intuition in his writings but…

— Thomas McEvilley

Many modern scholars have found the asceticism expressed in Plato unacceptable; it does not sound like the advice of a reasonable man…

— Thomas McEvilley

Art's primary social function is to define the communal self, which includes redefining it when the community is changing.

— Thomas McEvilley

Plato feels that ethical abstinences and austerities are essential preconditions for the cleansing and opening of the eye of the soul.

— Thomas McEvilley

In the Republic Plato presents a theory of personality. ... He speaks of three faculties, the appetitive, the ambitious, and the rational.…

— Thomas McEvilley

“The European reception of Greek philosophy has been dominated by a model in which Plato and Aristotle are seen as the centers…

— Thomas McEvilley

Plato rarely if ever states anything about himself clearly.

— Thomas McEvilley

“Lyotard remarked that post-Modern artists often function as philosophers. They may deal with issues of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, as many influential…

— Thomas McEvilley

“There Pericles says that the essence of the Athenian democracy is that any citizen, regardless of class or profession, should be able…

— Thomas McEvilley

To Plato the desire for excessive and special foods ... is a hindrance to the soul's attainment of intelligence.

— Thomas McEvilley