Thomas Taylor, the translator who brought Plato and the Neoplatonists to English Romantic readers, sets out what he believed Plato truly taught. Drawing on Hierocles, Proclus and Plotinus, he explains philosophy as the purification of the soul, the ascent to the divine, the periods of the soul’s descent and return, and closes with a glossary of Platonic terms.
A key document of Romantic-era Platonism, of special interest to readers of Blake, Shelley and Emerson. Download the free EPUB.