Dit boek is het resultaat van Herko Groot\u2019s intensieve studie van Plato vanuit een theosofische achtergrond.
\nThis unique work first appeared in 1947.
\nTo our knowledge, there is no other study that has penetrated so deeply into the original thoughts of Plato and has been able to find the Universal Wisdom \u2013 the Theosophia (the Wisdom of the Gods) \u2013 so clearly. For anyone who wants to understand Plato better, this book is a must.<\/p>\n
Plato is one of the Sages from the ancient world (born in 427 before our era) who is still widely known in our time. At least, by name. The substantive meaning of the work of Plato, the Initiate, is still difficult enough for the few who seriously delve into it.
\nYet Plato is extremely interesting, and not only because of his still stimulating dialogues about, for example, the ideal society as described in The State<\/i> can be found. Plato taught the Theosophy of ancient Greece, as Gottfried de Purucker writes in the first chapter of Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy<\/i>. We may note that Plato, like every spiritual teacher, did not give his esoteric knowledge directly, but wrapped it in a number of veils to be penetrated by the student.
\nThis knowledge is timeless and, when humanity is in crisis, there is an urgent need for knowledge about the light side of Nature.<\/p>\n
De jaren veertig van de vorige eeuw vormden zonder twijfel een periode van crisis. In die jaren werkte de bekende Nederlandse astronoom en Theosoof Herko Groot aan een publicatie over Plato, waarvoor hij in de oorlogsjaren veel inspiratie opdeed in een besloten \u2018Plato-kring\u2019 in Laren. In 1947 verscheen bij uitgeverij Meulenhoff in Amsterdam zijn boek Plato and his significance for our time<\/i>. From a theosophical perspective, it provides a crystal-clear insight into Plato's work. Groot describes in particular the Path inward, which leads to knowing the Self, also called Atma-Vidya in Theosophy, in detail. He explains very clearly what the similarities are between the meaning of the words that Plato chooses for this and the meaning of the Sanskrit terms such as Atma-Vidya, which Theosophy also uses in our time to express universal knowledge. Groot also provides even more clarity to Plato's well-known allegory of the cave. For those interested in Theosophy - for example, certainly for students of the courses Thinking Differently and Wisdom of Life - this book is an absolute must.<\/p>\n
Het werk van Herko Groot is geschreven in de oude spelling en is al sinds lang niet meer verkrijgbaar. Daarom heeft Stichting I.S.I.S. besloten tot een nieuwe uitgave: Plato and his significance for our time<\/i>The text has been adapted to the contemporary Dutch spelling. The solemn language in the quotations from Plato and his colleagues has been maintained in order to preserve their character. The text therefore only deviates in the point of
\nthe modern spelling differs from the original.<\/p>\n
Contents<\/p>\n
1. Directions in Greek philosophy before Plato
\nThe Ionian School
\nHeraclitus
\nEleatic School
\nPythagoras and his school
\nThe younger natural philosophers
\nThe Sophists
\nSocrates
\nThe life of Plato<\/p>\n
2. The theory of ideas and the path of eros
\nIntroduction to the theory of ideas
\nJustice as the core of ethics
\nThe Way of Eros<\/p>\n
3. The righteousness
\nThe two worlds
\nThe analogy of the soul and the state
\nThe justice of the state
\nThe Road to Justice<\/p>\n
4. The path of insight
\nPhilosophy and Atma-Vidy\u00e3
\nThe Allegory of the Cave
\nThe dialectic of her preparation
\nThe path of insight from the other paths<\/p>\n
Glossary
\nChronological table
\nShort bibliography<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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