Understanding The Self Of Plato
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Conversation and Self-Sufficiency in Plato
Author: Alex Long
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date: 2013-04-11
A. G. Long presents a new account of the importance of conversation in Plato's philosophy. He provides close studies of eight dialogues, including some of Plato's most famous works, and traces the emergence of internal dialogue or self-questioning as an alternative to the Socratic conversation from which Plato starts.
Plato and the Divided Self
Author: Rachel Barney
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2012-02-16
Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse - and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational' part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each shapes our agency and how they are affected by phenomena like erôs and education is complicated and controversial. The essays in this book investigate how the theory evolves over the whole of Plato's work, including the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus, and how it was developed further by important Platonists such as Galen, Plutarch and Plotinus. They will be of interest to a wide audience in philosophy and classics.
Plato on the Metaphysical Foundation of Meaning and Truth
Author: Blake E. Hestir
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2016-04-21
Blake E. Hestir's examination of Plato's conception of truth challenges a long tradition of interpretation in ancient scholarship.