Myth And Metaphysics In Plato S Phaedo
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Myth and Metaphysics in Plato's Phaedo
Author: David A. White
language: en
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date: 1989
This study intends principally to isolate and describe the function of myth in the Phaedo in order to show its effect on the complex metaphysics developed throughout the dialogue. It further illustrates how these metaphysical concepts structure the dialogue's concluding eschatological myth.
Myth, Metaphysics and Dialectic in Plato's Statesman
Plato's dialogue The Statesman has often been found structurally puzzling by commentators because of its apparent diffuseness and disjointed transitions. In this book David White interprets the dialogue in ways which account for this problematic structure, and which also connect the primary themes of the dialogue with two subsequent dialogues The Philebus and The Laws. The central interpretive focus of the book is the extended myth, sometimes called the 'myth of the reversed cosmos'. As a result of this interpretative approach, White argues that The Statesman can be recognized (a) as both internally coherent and also profound in implication-the myth is crucial in both regards - and (b) as integrally related to the concerns of Plato's later dialogues.
Myth and Philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus
Author: Daniel S. Werner
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2012-07-09
Examines the role of myth in Plato's Phaedrus, arguing that it leads readers to participate in Plato's dialogues and to engage in self-examination.