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Platonism

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Cornford: Papers of Francis Macdonald Cornford (1874-1943), classical philosopher

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/3437/FMCD
Scope and Contents

Drafts of lectures delivered by Cornford as part of his regular Tripos teaching at Cambridge, published articles, correspondence between Cornford and his protégé Guthrie, later correspondence between Cornford's widow Frances and Guthrie, and some biographical material.

Dates: 1920 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: These Papers are open for consultation by researchers.
 Fonds

Owen: The Papers of Gwilym Ellis Lane Owen (1922-1982), scholar of classical philosophy

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/3437/OWEN
Scope and Contents

The papers range in date and content from undergraduate notes from the 1940s to complete drafts of unpublished manuscripts and working papers presented at seminars, up to Owen's death in 1982. Correspondence is minimal for the papers that originate from Owen's rooms at King's College, Cambridge.
However, the papers that originate as a donation from Owen's widow Sally, mainly consist of correspondence to Owen dating in the main to the 1960s.

Dates: 1940-1982
Conditions Governing Access: These Papers are open for consultation by researchers.
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'Synthetic Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century', a lecture given by Raven at Oxford University

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/269/8/ii/c
Scope and Contents

On the different tradition at Oxford University compared with Cambridge University, and the importance of the Cambridge Platonists and the naturalist John Ray