Author: PlatoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The Dialogues of Plato
Author: PlatoThe Dialogues of Plato
Author: PlatoSelected Dialogues of Plato
Author: PlatoPublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307423611
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Benjamin Jowett's translations of Plato have long been classics in their own right. In this volume, Professor Hayden Pelliccia has revised Jowett's renderings of five key dialogues, giving us a modern Plato faithful to both Jowett's best features and Plato's own masterly style. Gathered here are many of Plato's liveliest and richest texts. Ion takes up the question of poetry and introduces the Socratic method. Protagoras discusses poetic interpretation and shows why cross-examination is the best way to get at the truth. Phaedrus takes on the nature of rhetoric, psychology, and love, as does the famous Symposium. Finally, Apology gives us Socrates' art of persuasion put to the ultimate test--defending his own life. Pelliccia's new Introduction to this volume clarifies its contents and addresses the challenges of translating Plato freshly and accurately. In its combination of accessibility and depth, Selected Dialogues of Plato is the ideal introduction to one of the key thinkers of all time.
Platonic Theology: Books I-IV
Author: Marsilio FicinoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immortality
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Dialogues of Plato
Author: PlatoPolitics, Philosophy, Writing
Author: Zdravko PlanincPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 082626302X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The leading scholars represented in Politics, Philosophy, Writing examine six key Platonic dialogues and the most important of the epistles, moving from Plato's most public or political writings to his most philosophical. The collection is intended to demonstrate the unity of Plato's concerns, the literary quality of his writing, and the integral relation of form and content in his work. Taken together, these essays show the consistency of Plato's understanding of the political art, the art of writing, and the philosophical life.
A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 1, The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans
Author: William Keith Chambers GuthriePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521294201
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship.
Order and History
Author: Eric VoegelinPublisher:
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Category : Order (Philosophy)
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This third volume of the series 'Order and History' completes Voegelin's study of Greek culture from its earliest pre-Hellenic origins to its full maturity with the dominance of Athens. As the title suggests, 'Plato' is the first half of Eric Voegelin's 'Plato and Aristotle'. It is principally devoted to the work of the two great thinkers who represent the high point of philosophic inquiry among the Greeks. Through an absorbing analysis of the Platonic and Aristotelian vision of soul, polis, and cosmos, Voegelin demonstrates how the symbolic framework of the older myth was superseded by the more precisely differentiated symbols of philosophy. Although this outmoding and rejection of past symbols of truth might seem to lead to a chaotic and despairing relativism, Voegelin makes it the basis of a profound conception of the historical process: "the attempts to find the symbolic forms that will adequately express the meaning [of a society], while imperfect, do not form a senseless series of failures. For the great societies have created a sequence of orders, intelligibly connected with one another as advances toward, or recessions from, an adequate symbolization of the truth concerning the order of being of which the order of society is a part." In this view, history has no obvious "meaning," yet each society makes a similar venture after truth. Although every society works out its destiny under different conditions, each nonetheless creates symbols "in its deeds and institutions" which bear the meaning of its own existence. History, then, acquires a unity in the common endeavor toward meaning and order. The rationality and nobility of this view of history has much to say to the present age. -- Publisher description.
Commentaries on Plato: Phaedrus and Ion
Author: Marsilio FicinoPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674031197
Category : History
Languages : la
Pages : 346
Book Description
Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus, was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. This volume contains Ficino's extended analysis and commentary on the Phaedrus.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates
Author: George GrotePublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1203
Book Description
In George Grote's seminal work, 'Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates,' readers are taken on a comprehensive journey through the philosophical landscape of ancient Greece. Grote masterfully delves into the life and teachings of Plato, one of the most influential thinkers of his time, while also shedding light on other key figures who were part of Sokrates' circle. Through meticulous research and insightful analysis, Grote explores the intellectual debates and dialogues that shaped the philosophical discourse of the era, providing readers with a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of ideas and beliefs. The book is written in a clear and engaging style that makes complex concepts accessible to both scholars and general readers alike. Grote's work serves as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in delving into the world of ancient Greek philosophy and understanding its enduring impact on Western thought.