New Essays on Plato: Language and Thought in Fourth-century Greek Philosophy

by Herrmann, Fritz-Gregor

• ISBN13: 9781905125104
• ISBN10: 1905125100
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-30
• Publisher: Isd

Summary

New Essays on Plato assembles nine original papers on the language and thought of the Athenian philosopher. The collection encompasses issues from the Apology to the Laws and includes discussions of topics in ethics, political theory, psychology, epistemology, ontology, physics and ancient literary criticism. The contributions by an international team of scholars deliberately represent a spectrum of diverse traditions and approaches and offer new solutions to a selection of specific problems. Themes include the Happiness and Nature of the Philosopher-Kings, Law and Justice, the Tripartition of the Soul, Appearance and Belief, Image Recognition, the Reality of Change and Changelessness, Time and Eternity, and Aristotle on Plato.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Law and justice in Plato	p. 1
Beware of imitations: image recognition in Plato	p. 21
OY[Sigma]IA in Plato's Phaedo	p. 43
The tripartition of the soul in Plato's Republic	p. 75
Happiness and the nature of the philosopher-kings	p. 95
Appearance and belief in Theaetetus 151d-187a	p. 125
The argument for the reality of change and changelessness in Plato's Sophist (248e7-249d5)	p. 149
Plato on eternity	p. 177
An Aristotelian perspective on Plato's dialogues	p. 189
Index rerum	p. 213
Index locorum	p. 217
Index verborum	p. 225
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