Was Plato a Platonist? While ancient disciples of Plato would have answered this question in the affirmative, modern scholars have generally denied that Plato\'s own philosophy was in substantial agreement with that of the Platonists of succeeding centuries.
He arrives at this conclusion in an especially ingenious manner, challenging fundamental assumptions about how Plato\'s teachin.
Gerson argues that the ancients were correct in their assessment.
In From Plato to Platonism , Lloyd P.
Was Plato a Platonist? While ancient disciples of Plato would have answered this question in the affirmative, modern scholars have generally denied that Plato\'s own philosophy was in substantial agreement with that of the Platonists of succeeding centuries
