Plato, Benjamin Jowett

Broschiertes Buch

The Dialogues of Plato

Beschreibung

"The Dialogues of Plato" is a cornerstone of Western philosophy and literature. This collection presents Plato's timeless explorations of justice, beauty, truth, and the nature of reality, primarily through the engaging dialogues featuring Socrates as a central figure. Plato's work not only preserves Socrates' teachings but also extends and elaborates upon them, offering profound insights into ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology. These dialogues, rich with intellectual debate and dramatic interplay, remain remarkably relevant, challenging readers to contemplate fundamental questions about the human condition and the ideal society. This edition provides access to the foundational texts that have shaped philosophical thought for millennia. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Plato, with Socrates and Aristotle, is the founder of the Western intellectual tradition. Like his mentor Socrates, he was essentially a practical philosopher who found the abstract theory and visionary schemes of many contemporary thinkers misguided and sterile. He was born about 429 B.C. in Athens, the son of a prominent family that had long been involved in the city's politics. Extremely little survives of the history of Plato's youth, but he was raised in the shadow of the great Peloponnesian War, and its influence must have caused him to reject the political career open to him and to become a follower of the brilliantly unorthodox Socrates, the self-proclaimed "gadfly" of Athens. Socrates' death in 399 B.C. turned Plato forever from politics, and in the next decade he wrote his first dialogues, among them Apology and Euthyphro. At age forty, Plato visited Italy and Syracuse, and upon his return he founded the Academy-Europe's first university-in a sacred park on the outskirts of Athens. The Academy survived for a millennium, finally closed by the emperor Justinian in A.D. 529. Plato hoped his school would train its pupils to carry out a life of service and to investigate questions of science and mathematics. Plato's old age was probably devoted to teaching and writing, he died in Athens in 348 B.C.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 606
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 835g
• ISBN-13: 9781024246735
• ISBN-10: 1024246736
• Artikelnr.: 75037316