Constance Meinwald

Plato

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essential reading for students of ancient philosophy and Classics, Plato is an ideal introduction to arguably the greatest of all Western philosophers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780415379113
• ISBN-10: 0415379113
• Artikelnr.: 36949565

Autorenporträt

Constance Meinwald is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. She is the author of Plato's Parmenides as well as many articles on ancient philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1
1. Life and Works
2. Philosophy, Drama, and Writing
3. Testing Authority: The Legacy of Socrates
Part 2
4. Platonic Love: Mysteries of Eros in the Symposium
5. Psyche I: From Pre-Platonic Sources to the Phaedo
6. Psyche II: The Divided Soul in the Republic
7. The Good Life: Ethics and Political Theory in the Republic
Part 3
8. Why Sensibles Are Not Fully Real
9. Forms I: Are Forms Perfect Instances?
10. Forms II: The Continuing Program
Appendix: The "Transcendence" and "Separation" of Forms.
Glossary
Bibliography
Index