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Author | : Andrew Lawless |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0802038093 |
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In Plato's Sun, Andrew Lawless takes on the challenge of creating an introductory text for philosophy, arguing that such a work has to take into account of the strangeness of the field and divulge it, rather than suppress it beneath traditional certainties and authoritative pronouncements.
Author | : Sarah Broadie |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 479 |
Release | : 2021-07-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1009035835 |
Download Plato's Sun-Like Good Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Plato's Sun-Like Good is a revolutionary discussion of the Republic's philosopher-rulers, their dialectic, and their relation to the form of the good. With detailed arguments Sarah Broadie explains how, if we think of the form of the good as 'interrogative', we can re-conceive those central reference-points of Platonism in down-to-earth terms without loss to our sense of Plato's philosophical greatness. The book's main aims are: first, to show how for Plato the form of the good is of practical value in a way that we can understand; secondly, to make sense of the connection he draws between dialectic and the form of the good; and thirdly, to make sense of the relationship between the form of the good and other forms while respecting the contours of the sun-good analogy and remaining faithful to the text of the Republic itself.
Author | : Giovanni R. F. Ferrari |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Political science |
ISBN | : 0521839637 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general.
Author | : Plato |
Publisher | : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 2021-01-08 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Download The Allegory of the Cave Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave, was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a) to compare "the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature". It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter. The allegory is presented after the analogy of the sun (508b–509c) and the analogy of the divided line (509d–511e). All three are characterized in relation to dialectic at the end of Books VII and VIII (531d–534e). Plato has Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them, and give names to these shadows. The shadows are the prisoners' reality.
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 | : Nicholas D. Smith |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2019-07-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0192580612 |
Download Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Nicholas D. Smith presents an original interpretation of the Republic, considering it to be a book about knowledge and education. Over the course of Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic, he argues for four main theses. Firstly, the Republic is not just a work that has a lot to say about education; it is a book that depicts Socrates as attempting to engage his interlocutors in such a way as to help to educate them and also engages us, the readers, in a way that helps to educate us. Secondly, Plato does not suppose that education, properly understood, should have as its primary aim putting knowledge into souls that do not already have it. Instead, the education Plato discusses, represents occurring between Socrates and his interlocutors, and hopes to achieve in his readers is one that aims to arouse the power of knowledge in us and then to begin to train that power always to engage with what is more real, rather than what is less real. Thirdly, Plato's conception of knowledge is not the one typically presented in contemporary epistemology. It is, rather, the power of conceptualization by the use of exemplars. And finally, Plato engages this power of knowledge in the Republic in a way he represents as only a kind of second-best way to engage knowledge - and not as the best way, which would be dialectic. Instead, Plato uses images that summon the power of knowledge to begin the process by which the power may become fully realized.
Author | : Plato |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0521059631 |
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Author | : Iris Murdoch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Aesthetics |
ISBN | : |
Download The Fire and the Sun Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is an introduction to the philosophy of Plato; his attitude to art and his theory of beauty. The author broadens the discussion to discuss the nature of art. She includes the opinions of other writers and philosophers, including Kant, Tolstoy, Freud and Kierkegaard.
Author | : Plato |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1852 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780872203495 |
Download Complete Works Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Gathers translations of Plato's works and includes guidance on approaching their reading and study
Author | : By Plato |
Publisher | : BookRix |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 2019-06-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3736801467 |
Download The Republic Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BCE, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man. The dramatic date of the dialogue has been much debated and though it must take place some time during the Peloponnesian War, "there would be jarring anachronisms if any of the candidate specific dates between 432 and 404 were assigned". It is Plato's best-known work and has proven to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory. In it, Socrates along with various Athenians and foreigners discuss the meaning of justice and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man by considering a series of different cities coming into existence "in speech", culminating in a city (Kallipolis) ruled by philosopher-kings; and by examining the nature of existing regimes. The participants also discuss the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the roles of the philosopher and of poetry in society.