Kathleen Raine
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Kathleen Jessie Raine was an English poet, critic and scholar, writing in particular on William Blake, W. B. Yeats and Thomas Taylor. Known for her interest in various forms of spirituality, most prom
Raine in 1991
Platonism
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Platonism is the philosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it, considered the opposite of nominalism, or anti-realism. Platonism has had a profound influence on Western though
Kathleen Raine
…scholar, writing in particular on William Blake, W. B. Yeats and Thomas Taylor. Known for her interest in various forms of spirituality, most prominently Platonism and Neoplatonism, she was a founding member of the Temenos Academy. Kathleen Raine was born in Ilford, Essex, the only child of schoolmaster and Methodist…
Head of Plato, Roman copy. The original was exhibited at the Academy after the death of the philosopher (348/347 BC).
Plato holding his Timaeus, detail from the Vatican fresco The School of Athens
Site of Plato's Academy in Athens
Many Western churchmen, including Augustine of Hippo, have been influenced by Platonism.