On Plato

by Peterman, John

• ISBN13: 9780534576080
• ISBN10: 0534576087
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-20
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This brief text assists students in understanding Plato's philosophy and thinking so that they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the "Wadsworth Philosophers Series," (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" from ancient times to the present), ON PLATO is written by a philosopher deeply versed in the philosophy of this key thinker. Like other books in the series, this concise book offers sufficient insight into the thinking of a notable philosopher better enabling students to engage in the reading and to discuss the material in class and on paper.

Table of Contents

Preface	i
Introduction	1	(10)
Plato's Life and Times	11	(21)
Life in 5th and 4th century Athens	16	(16)
The Polis	16	(1)
War	17	(2)
Greek Education	19	(5)
Rhetoric - Part I	24	(4)
Religion	28	(4)
Philosophy	32	(37)
Death	34	(11)
Life	45	(12)
Rhetoric - Part II	57	(12)
The Medium of the Dialogue	69	(23)
Literary Background	70	(3)
Frames and Settings	73	(3)
Conversation	76	(6)
Stories and Myths	82	(3)
Socratic Irony	85	(7)
Selected Bibliography	92