The Quest for Wisdom in Plato and Carl Jung: A Comparative Study of the Healers of the Soul

by Beck, Martha C.

• ISBN13: 9780773451773
• ISBN10: 0773451773
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Author Biography

Martha C. Beck is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lyon College, Arkansas.

Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword
Introduction: The Centrality of Self-knowledge in Jung and Plato	p. 1
Jung's Position	p. 5
Conscious, Unconscious, and Individuation	p. 6
Objective Psyche and Subjective Psyche	p. 11
Endogenous Images as Libido, or Drive Impulses	p. 13
The Breakdown of Effective Religious Images	p. 15
Assimilating the Shadow	p. 17
Individuation and the Role of the Analyst	p. 32
Why We Should Compare Plato and Jung	p. 39
Comparing Plato and Jung: Similarities and Differences	p. 45
Plato and the Fundamental Categories of Modern Science	p. 46
All Human Beings by Nature Desire to Know	p. 49
Human Nature and Political Freedom	p. 51
The Biological Roots of the Unconscious: Plato's Images of the Material Soul	p. 52
The Inherited Cultural Roots of the Collective Unconscious, or Objective Psyche	p. 67
The Breakdown of Effective Religious Images	p. 70
Applying Jung's Categories to Hesiod	p. 73
The Evolution of Civilization	p. 88
The Evolution of the Soul	p. 113
Advice about How To Teach, Both in Plato's Time and Today	p. 133
The Corruption of the Language of the Objective Psyche; The Failure to Achieve Wholeness	p. 138
Short Examples in Particular Dialogues	p. 139
Phaedrus	p. 151
General Remarks	p. 151
Phaedrus, Part One: The Repressed Soul	p. 155
Phaedrus, Part Two: Assimilating and Mastering the Shadow	p. 158
Symposium	p. 167
The Failure of Liberal Education in Athens	p. 167
Phaedrus' Speech	p. 179
Pausanias' Speech	p. 186
Eryximachus' Speech	p. 200
Aristophanes' Speech	p. 222
Agathon's Speech	p. 235
Socrates' Speech	p. 251
Alcibiades' Speech	p. 269
Socrates. Athens and Liberal Education	p. 281
Socrates' Effort to Reverse the Corruption of Democracy in Athens	p. 281
The Socratic Way of Life within the Context of Greek Culture	p. 282
The Socratic Way of Life and the Olympian Gods	p. 284
Love of Wisdom as a Way of Life and the Foundation of a Healthy Society	p. 286
Conclusion: Socrates and Individuation	p. 289
Bibliography	p. 291
General Index	p. 297
Index of Passages	p. 305
Appendix I	p. 309
Appendix II	p. 323
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