TY - BOOK AU - Dillon,John TI - The Roots of Platonism: The Origins and Chief Features of a Philosophical Tradition SN - 9781108426916 U1 - 184 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Platonists KW - Philosophy, Ancient N1 - 1. The origins of Platonist dogmatism -- 2. Monist and dualist tendencies in Platonism before Plotinus -- 3. The ideas as thoughts of God -- 4. The hierarchy of being as a framework for Platonist ethical theory -- 5. Carneades the Socratic -- 6. Plutarch's relation to the new-academic tradition ER -