Author: PlatoPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues
Author: Andrea NightingalePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108837301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Challenges the idea that Plato is a secular thinker, exploring the interaction of philosophy and Greek religion in the dialogues.
Plato's Divine Dialogues
Author: PlatoThe Dialogues of Plato
Author: PlatoPlato's Divine Dialogues
Author: PlatoPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780341803478
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Plato's Divine Dialogues
Author: Philosophy as Drama
Author: Hallvard FossheimPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350082503
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Plato's philosophical dialogues can be seen as his creation of a new genre. Plato borrows from, as well as rejects, earlier and contemporary authors, and he is constantly in conversation with established genres, such as tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, and rhetoric in a variety of ways. This intertextuality reinforces the relevance of material from other types of literary works, as well as a general knowledge of classical culture in Plato's time, and the political and moral environment that Plato addressed, when reading his dramatic dialogues. The authors of Philosophy as Drama show that any interpretation of these works must include the literary and narrative dimensions of each text, as much as serious the attention given to the progression of the argument in each piece. Each dialogue is read on its own merit, and critical comparisons of several dialogues explore the differences and likenesses between them on a dramatic as well as on a logical level. This collection of essays moves debates in Plato scholarship forward when it comes to understanding both particular aspects of Plato's dialogues and the approach itself. Containing 11 chapters of close readings of individual dialogues, with 2 chapters discussing specific themes running through them, such as music and sensuousness, pleasure, perception, and images, this book displays the range and diversity within Plato's corpus.
Plato's Divine Dialogues, Together with the Apology of Socrates
Author: PlatoPhaedrus
Author: PlatoPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Phaedrus, written by Plato, is a dialogue between Plato's protagonist, Socrates, and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium.
Nature and Divinity in Plato's Timaeus
Author: Sarah BroadiePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139503448
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Plato's Timaeus is one of the most influential and challenging works of ancient philosophy to have come down to us. Sarah Broadie's rich and compelling study proposes new interpretations of major elements of the Timaeus, including the separate Demiurge, the cosmic 'beginning', the 'second mixing', the Receptacle and the Atlantis story. Broadie shows how Plato deploys the mythic themes of the Timaeus to convey fundamental philosophical insights and examines the profoundly differing methods of interpretation which have been brought to bear on the work. Her book is for everyone interested in Ancient Greek philosophy, cosmology and mythology, whether classicists, philosophers, historians of ideas or historians of science. It offers new findings to scholars familiar with the material, but it is also a clear and reliable resource for anyone coming to it for the first time.
Plato's Divine Dialogues; Together with the Apology of Socrates
Author: PlatoPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230289724
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ... PROTAGORAS OR, THE SOPHISTS. A FRIEND OF SOCRATES. SOCRATES. Socrat: Friend.* From whence come you, Socrates? But we need not ask; you come from Alcibiades: you are highly in favour with that promising youth! Soc. This very day, he said a thousand things in my favour, and always took my part: I have but just parted from him. And I will tell you a thing that may seem very strange to you, which is, that whilst he was present, I saw him not, and did not so much as think of him. Soc. Fr. What happened to you then, that you neither saw nor thought of him? Is it possible that you have Enquiry is made why Plato does not name this Friend of Socrates, and it is what will never be found out: It can only be guessed at. Perhaps Plato was afraid of exposing the friend of Socrates to the resentment of the sophists, who were in great credit at Athens, and revengeful; or, that the part which this friend here acts, not being considerable, it was not worth while to name him. met with a more promising young man in the city than Alcibia 'es? I cannot believe it. Soc. It is even Bo. Soc. Fr. In earnest? Is he an Athenian, or a stranger? Soc. He is a stranger. Soc. Fr. Whence comes he then T Soc. From Abdera. Soc. Fr. And was he so fine, as to efface the comeliness of Alcibiades? Soc. The greatest comeliness is not to be laid m the balance with great wisdom. Soc. Fr. Then you have just come from a wise man? Soc. Yes, a wise man; nay, a very wise man, at least if you look upon Protagoras to be the wisest of men now living. Soc. Fr. What do you tell me? Is Protagoras in this city? Soc. Yes: he has been here these three days. Soc. Fr. And you have just parted from him? Soc. Yes, I have, after a very long conversation. Soc. Fr. If you are at leisure, will...