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Author | : John M. Rist |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2012-07-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0813219809 |
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Surveying many of Plato's dialogues from the early, middle, and late periods, prominent philosopher John M. Rist shows how Plato gradually came to realize the need for metaphysics to support his ethical position and that a rigorous ethics required a secure metaphysics grounded in universal values.
Author | : Lloyd P. Gerson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2023-05-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1009329960 |
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Plato's moral realism rests on the Idea of the Good, the unhypothetical first principle of all. It is this, as Plato says, that makes just things useful and beneficial. That Plato makes the first principle of all the Idea of the Good sets his approach apart from that of virtually every other philosopher. This fact has been occluded by later Christian Platonists who tried to identify the Good with the God of scripture. But for Plato, theology, though important, is subordinate to metaphysics. For this reason, ethics is independent of theology and attached to metaphysics. This book challenges many contemporary accounts of Plato's ethics that start with the so-called Socratic paradoxes and attempt to construct a psychology of action or moral psychology that makes these paradoxes defensible. Rather, Lloyd Gerson argues that Plato at least never thought that moral realism was defensible outside of a metaphysical framework.
Author | : Blake E. Hestir |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2016-04-21 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107132320 |
Download Plato on the Metaphysical Foundation of Meaning and Truth Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Blake E. Hestir's examination of Plato's conception of truth challenges a long tradition of interpretation in ancient scholarship.
Author | : Lloyd P. Gerson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-07-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781501774249 |
Download Platonism and Naturalism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"An account of the central tradition in the history of philosophy, Platonism, along with the class of philosophical positions collectively known as Naturalism and the 'anti-Platonism' of Naturalism both in antiquity and in contemporary philosophy"--
Author | : John Wild |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Download Plato's Modern Enemies and the Theory of Natural Law Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Robert Heinaman |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2017-03-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1351910760 |
Download Plato and Aristotle's Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume, emanating from the Fourth Keeling Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, presents essays and comments by nine outstanding scholars of ancient philosophy, which examine the influence of Plato on the development of Aristotle's ethics. The essays focus on the role of pleasure in happiness and the good life (Christopher Taylor and Sarah Broadie), the irreducibility of ethical concepts to value-neutral concepts (Anthony Price and Sarah Broadie), the relation of virtue to happiness (Roger Crisp and Christopher Rowe, Terry Irwin and Sir Anthony Kenny), the role of the requirement of self-sufficiency in determining the content of happiness (John Cooper and Sir Anthony Kenny), and the question of whether the just man should be a participant in the political life of his city (Richard Kraut and Christopher Rowe).
Author | : Sean McAleer |
Publisher | : Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2020-11-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1800640560 |
Download Plato's 'Republic': An Introduction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
It is an excellent book – highly intelligent, interesting and original. Expressing high philosophy in a readable form without trivialising it is a very difficult task and McAleer manages the task admirably. Plato is, yet again, intensely topical in the chaotic and confused world in which we are now living. Philip Allott, Professor Emeritus of International Public Law at Cambridge University This book is a lucid and accessible companion to Plato’s Republic, throwing light upon the text’s arguments and main themes, placing them in the wider context of the text’s structure. In its illumination of the philosophical ideas underpinning the work, it provides readers with an understanding and appreciation of the complexity and literary artistry of Plato’s Republic. McAleer not only unpacks the key overarching questions of the text – What is justice? And Is a just life happier than an unjust life? – but also highlights some fascinating, overlooked passages which contribute to our understanding of Plato’s philosophical thought. Plato’s 'Republic': An Introduction offers a rigorous and thought-provoking analysis of the text, helping readers navigate one of the world’s most influential works of philosophy and political theory. With its approachable tone and clear presentation, it constitutes a welcome contribution to the field, and will be an indispensable resource for philosophy students and teachers, as well as general readers new to, or returning to, the text.
Author | : R.C. Lodge |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 573 |
Release | : 2014-06-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1317830245 |
Download Plato's Theory of Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
First published in 2000. This is Volume IX of ten in the International Library of Philosophy in a series on Ancient Philosophy. Written around 1928, this book looks at Plato and his work on ethics. The author looks at ‘Dialogues’ which he handles dialectically to show how they are more connected to his obscure problems connected with his personal history and the personal evolution of his views than his other works.
Author | : Frisbee Sheffield |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2006-07-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191536822 |
Download Plato's Symposium Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Frisbee Sheffield argues that the Symposium has been unduly marginalized by philosophers. Although the topic - eros - and the setting at a symposium have seemed anomalous, she demonstrates that both are intimately related to Plato's preoccupation with the nature of the good life, with virtue, and how it is acquired and transmitted. For Plato, analysing our desires is a way of reflecting on the kind of people we will turn out to be and on our chances of leading a worthwhile and happy life. In its focus on the question why he considered desires to be amenable to this type of reflection, this book explores Plato's ethics of desire.
Author | : Aristotle |
Publisher | : SDE Classics |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2019-11-05 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781951570279 |
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