Author: Thomas A. Szlezák
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134656491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Reading Plato offers a concise and illuminating insight into the complexities and difficulties of the Platonic dialogues, providing an invaluable text for any student of Plato's philosophy. Taking as a starting point the critique of writing in the Phaedrus -- where Socrates argues that a book cannot choose its reader nor can it defend itself against misinterpretation -- Reading Plato offers solutions to the problems of interpreting the dialogues. In this ground-breaking book, Thomas A. Szlezak persuasively argues that the dialogues are designed to stimulate philosophical enquiry and to elevate philosophy to the realm of oral dialectic.
Reading Plato
Author: Thomas A. Szlezák
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134656491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Reading Plato offers a concise and illuminating insight into the complexities and difficulties of the Platonic dialogues, providing an invaluable text for any student of Plato's philosophy. Taking as a starting point the critique of writing in the Phaedrus -- where Socrates argues that a book cannot choose its reader nor can it defend itself against misinterpretation -- Reading Plato offers solutions to the problems of interpreting the dialogues. In this ground-breaking book, Thomas A. Szlezak persuasively argues that the dialogues are designed to stimulate philosophical enquiry and to elevate philosophy to the realm of oral dialectic.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134656491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Reading Plato offers a concise and illuminating insight into the complexities and difficulties of the Platonic dialogues, providing an invaluable text for any student of Plato's philosophy. Taking as a starting point the critique of writing in the Phaedrus -- where Socrates argues that a book cannot choose its reader nor can it defend itself against misinterpretation -- Reading Plato offers solutions to the problems of interpreting the dialogues. In this ground-breaking book, Thomas A. Szlezak persuasively argues that the dialogues are designed to stimulate philosophical enquiry and to elevate philosophy to the realm of oral dialectic.
Timaeus and Critias
Author: Plato
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421892944
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421892944
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The Platonic Dialogues for English Readers: The Republic and the Timæus
Author: Plato
Publisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Plato's Timaeus and the Latin Tradition
Author: Christina Hoenig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108415806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The book explores the development of Platonic philosophy by Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. Discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how they contributed to the construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman Platonism.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108415806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The book explores the development of Platonic philosophy by Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. Discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how they contributed to the construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman Platonism.
Plato
Author: Plato
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Timaeus and Critias
Author: Plato
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141920491
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus’s theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very beginning to the coming of man. Timaeus introduces the idea of a creator God and speculates on the structure and composition of the physical world. Critias, the second part of Plato’s dialogue, comprises an account of the rise and fall of Atlantis, an ancient, mighty and prosperous empire ruled by the descendents of Poseidon, which ultimately sank into the sea.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141920491
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus’s theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very beginning to the coming of man. Timaeus introduces the idea of a creator God and speculates on the structure and composition of the physical world. Critias, the second part of Plato’s dialogue, comprises an account of the rise and fall of Atlantis, an ancient, mighty and prosperous empire ruled by the descendents of Poseidon, which ultimately sank into the sea.
The Platonic Dialogues for English Readers: The Republic and the Timæus
Author: Plato
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Four Dialogues
Author: Plato
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434458164
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Included in this volume are "Euthyphro," "Apology," "Crito," and the Death Scene from "Phaedo." Translated by F.J. Church. Revisions and Introduction by Robert D. Cumming.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434458164
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Included in this volume are "Euthyphro," "Apology," "Crito," and the Death Scene from "Phaedo." Translated by F.J. Church. Revisions and Introduction by Robert D. Cumming.
A Companion to Plato's Republic for English Readers
Author: Bernard Bosanquet
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Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The Dialogues of Plato
Author: Plato
Publisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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