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Talks With Athenian Youths

Translations From The Charmides, Lysis, Laches, Euthydemus, And Theaetetus Of Plato (1890)

Beschreibung

Talks With Athenian Youths is a book that contains translations of five dialogues by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. The dialogues included in this book are Charmides, Lysis, Laches, Euthydemus, and Theaetetus. Each dialogue features Socrates engaging in philosophical discussions with young Athenians on various topics such as wisdom, courage, friendship, and knowledge. Through these conversations, Socrates challenges the youths' beliefs and encourages them to question their own assumptions. The book, first published in 1890, provides readers with insights into Plato's ideas on philosophy and education, as well as the historical and cultural context of ancient Athens.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Plato (428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the history of Ancient Greek and Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his most famous student, Aristotle.[a] Plato has also often been cited as one of the founders of Western religion and spirituality.[4] The so-called Neoplatonism of philosophers like Plotinus and Porphyry influenced Saint Augustine and thus Christianity. Alfred North Whitehead once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."[5] Plato was the innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms in philosophy. Plato is also considered the founder of Western political philosophy. His most famous contribution is the theory of Forms known by pure reason, in which Plato presents a solution to the problem of universals known as Platonism (also ambiguously called either Platonic realism or Platonic idealism). He is also the namesake of Platonic love and the Platonic solids. His own most decisive philosophical influences are usually thought to have been along with Socrates, the pre-Socratics Pythagoras, Heraclitus and Parmenides, although few of his predecessors' works remain extant and much of what we know about these figures today derives from Plato himself.[b] Unlike the work of nearly all of his contemporaries, Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years.[7] Although their popularity has fluctuated over the years, the works of Plato have never been without readers since the time they were written

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781437074765
• ISBN-10: 1437074766
• Artikelnr.: 25514839