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9781405191111

A Companion to Plato

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    9781405191111

  • ISBN10:

    1405191112

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-01-27
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

This broad-ranging Companion comprises original contributions from leading Platonic scholars and reflects the different ways in which they are dealing with Plato's legacy. Covers an exceptionally broad range of subjects from diverse perspectives. Contributions are devoted to topics, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmology. Allows readers to see how a position advocated in one of Plato's dialogues compares with positions advocated in others. Permits readers to engage the debate concerning Plato's philosophical development on particular topics. Also includes overviews of Plato's life, works and philosophical method.

Author Biography

Hugh H. Benson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. He is the editor of Essays on the Philosophy of Socrates (1992) and author of Socratic Wisdom (2000) as well as various articles on the philosophy of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Preface
Abbreviations
The Life of Plato of Athens
Interpreting Plato
The Socratic Problem
Platonic Method and the Dialogue Form:
Form and the Platonic Dialogues
The Socratic Elenchus
Platonic Definitions and Forms
PlatoG+ s Method of Dialectic
Platonic Epistemology:
Socratic Ignorance
Plato on Recollection
Plato: A Theory of Perception or a Nod to Sensation?
Knowledge and the Forms in Plato
Platonic Metaphysics:
The Forms and the Sciences in Socrates and Plato
Problems for Forms
The Role of Cosmology in PlatoG+ s Philosophy
Plato on Language
Plato and Mathematics
Platonic Religion
Platonic Psychology:
The Socratic Paradoxes
The Platonic Soul
Plato on Eros and Friendship
Plato on Pleasure as the Human Good
Platonic Ethics, Politics, And Aesthetics
The Unity of the Virtues
Plato on Justice
PlatoG+ s Concept of Goodness
Plato on the Law
Plato and the Arts
Platonic Legacy:
Learning about Plato from Aristotle
Plato and Hellenistic Philosophy
PlatoG+ s Influence on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Philosophy
Index
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