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Author | : Theokritos Kouremenos |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2018-05-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110601869 |
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Plato’s view that mathematics paves the way for his philosophy of forms is well known. This book attempts to flesh out the relationship between mathematics and philosophy as Plato conceived them by proposing that in his view, although it is philosophy that came up with the concept of beings, which he calls forms, and highlighted their importance, first to natural philosophy and then to ethics, the things that do qualify as beings are inchoately revealed by mathematics as the raw materials that must be further processed by philosophy (mathematicians, to use Plato’s simile in the Euthedemus, do not invent the theorems they prove but discover beings and, like hunters who must hand over what they catch to chefs if it is going to turn into something useful, they must hand over their discoveries to philosophers). Even those forms that do not bear names of mathematical objects, such as the famous forms of beauty and goodness, are in fact forms of mathematical objects. The first chapter is an attempt to defend this thesis. The second argues that for Plato philosophy’s crucial task of investigating the exfoliation of the forms into the sensible world, including the sphere of human private and public life, is already foreshadowed in one of its branches, astronomy.
Author | : Theokritos Kouremenos |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9783110601916 |
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Plato's view that mathematics paves the way for his philosophy of forms is well known. This book attempts to flesh out the relationship between mathematics and philosophy as Plato conceived them by proposing that in his view, although it is philosophy that came up with the concept of beings, which he calls forms, and highlighted their importance, first to natural philosophy and then to ethics, the things that do qualify as beings are inchoately revealed by mathematics as the raw materials that must be further processed by philosophy (mathematicians, to use Plato's simile in the Euthedemus, do not invent the theorems they prove but discover beings and, like hunters who must hand over what they catch to chefs if it is going to turn into something useful, they must hand over their discoveries to philosophers). Even those forms that do not bear names of mathematical objects, such as the famous forms of beauty and goodness, are in fact forms of mathematical objects. The first chapter is an attempt to defend this thesis. The second argues that for Plato philosophy's crucial task of investigating the exfoliation of the forms into the sensible world, including the sphere of human private and public life, is already foreshadowed in one of its branches, astronomy.
Author | : Theokritos Kouremenos |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2018-05-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110601486 |
Download Plato’s forms, mathematics and astronomy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Plato’s view that mathematics paves the way for his philosophy of forms is well known. This book attempts to flesh out the relationship between mathematics and philosophy as Plato conceived them by proposing that in his view, although it is philosophy that came up with the concept of beings, which he calls forms, and highlighted their importance, first to natural philosophy and then to ethics, the things that do qualify as beings are inchoately revealed by mathematics as the raw materials that must be further processed by philosophy (mathematicians, to use Plato’s simile in the Euthedemus, do not invent the theorems they prove but discover beings and, like hunters who must hand over what they catch to chefs if it is going to turn into something useful, they must hand over their discoveries to philosophers). Even those forms that do not bear names of mathematical objects, such as the famous forms of beauty and goodness, are in fact forms of mathematical objects. The first chapter is an attempt to defend this thesis. The second argues that for Plato philosophy’s crucial task of investigating the exfoliation of the forms into the sensible world, including the sphere of human private and public life, is already foreshadowed in one of its branches, astronomy.
Author | : John Peter Anton |
Publisher | : Academic Resources Corp |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Download Science and the Sciences in Plato Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Theon (of Smyrna.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
Download Mathematics Useful for Understanding Plato Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : M. F. Burnyeat |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2012-06-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521750725 |
Download Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first of two volumes collecting the published work of one of the greatest living ancient philosophers, M.F. Burnyeat.
Author | : Gabriela Roxana Carone |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2005-10-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107320739 |
Download Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times and its importance for his ethical thought has remained underexplored. By offering accounts of Timaeus, Philebus, Politicus and Laws X, the book reveals a strongly symbiotic relation between the cosmic and human sphere. It is argued that in his late period Plato presents a picture of an organic universe, endowed with structure and intrinsic value, which both urges our respect and calls for our responsible intervention. Humans are thus seen as citizens of a university that can provide a context for their flourishing even in the absence of good political institutions. The book sheds light on many intricate metaphysical issues in late Plato and brings out the close connections between his cosmology and the development of his ethics.
Author | : Anders Wedberg |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
Download Plato's Philosophy of Mathematics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Julia Annas |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2003-02-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 019157922X |
Download Plato: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in the outer court of introduction and background information, but leads directly into Plato's argument. It looks at Plato as a thinker grappling with philosophical problems in a variety of ways, rather than a philosopher with a fully worked-out system. It includes a brief account of Plato's life and the various interpretations that have been drawn from the sparse remains of information. It stresses the importance of the founding of the Academy and the conception of philosophy as a subject. Julia Annas discusses Plato's style of writing: his use of the dialogue form, his use of what we today call fiction, and his philosophical transformation of myths. She also looks at his discussions of love and philosophy, his attitude to women, and to homosexual love, explores Plato's claim that virtue is sufficient for happiness, and touches on his arguments for the immortality of the soul and his ideas about the nature of the universe. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : Harold Tarrant |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 679 |
Release | : 2018-04-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9004355383 |
Download Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity demonstrates the variety of ways in which ancient readers responded to Plato, as author, as philosopher, and as leading intellectual light, from his own pupils until the sixth century CE.