Interpretations Of Plato

Author : Drew A. Hyland
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791484555

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Questioning Platonism by Drew A. Hyland Pdf

Given the conception of philosophy held by continental thinkers, and in particular their greater sensitivity to the kinship of philosophy and literature, Drew A. Hyland argues that they should be much more attentive to the literary dimension of Plato's thinking than they have been. He believes they would find in the dialogues not the various forms of "Platonism" that they wish to reject, but instead a thinking much more congenial and challenging to their own predilections. By carefully examining the works of Heidegger, Derrida, Irigaray, and Cavarero, Hyland points to the tendency of continental thinkers to view Plato's dialogues through the lens of Platonism, thus finding Platonic metaphysics, Platonic ethics, and Platonic epistemology, while overlooking the literary dimension of the dialogues, and failing to recognize the extent to which the form undercuts anything like the Platonism they find. The striking exception, Hyland claims, is Hans-Georg Gadamer who also demonstrates the compatibility of the Platonic dialogues with the directions of continental thinking.

Author : Nancy Tuana
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0271040246

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Feminist Interpretations of Plato by Nancy Tuana Pdf

Author : Blake E. Hestir
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107132320

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Plato on the Metaphysical Foundation of Meaning and Truth by Blake E. Hestir Pdf

Blake E. Hestir's examination of Plato's conception of truth challenges a long tradition of interpretation in ancient scholarship.

Author : William A. Welton
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0739105140

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Plato's Forms by William A. Welton Pdf

The "theory of forms" usually attributed to Plato is one of the most famous of philosophical theories, yet it has engendered such controversy in the literature on Plato that scholars even debate whether or not such a theory exists in his texts. Plato's Forms: Varieties of Interpretation is an ambitious work that brings together, in a single volume, widely divergent approaches to the topic of the forms in Plato's dialogues. With contributions rooted in both Anglo-American and Continental philosophy, the book illustrates the contentious role the forms have played in Platonic scholarship and suggests new approaches to a central problem of Plato studies.

Author : Harold Tarrant
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 080143792X

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Plato's First Interpreters by Harold Tarrant Pdf

Harold Tarrant here explores ancient attempts to interpret Plato's writings, by philosophers who spoke a Greek close to Plato's own, and provides a fresh, almost primitive reading of Plato himself. His book also serves as a synthesis of recent work on ancient interpreters of Plato.Tarrant's primary emphasis is on the Middle Platonists, but he also discusses the Old and New Academies, the Athenian and Alexandrian Neoplatonists, and selected nonphilosophical writers. In Part I, he addresses some of the principal issues of interpretation--Are the dialogues drama or philosophy? Is Plato offering doctrine? What parts of the corpus are most important?--and considers them alongside the views of ancient readers. In Part II, he offers a historical overview of significant ancient developments in interpretation over the centuries. In Part III, he considers ancient attitudes toward particular groups of dialogues, and the Gorgias and the Theaetetus individually

Author : Edward J Urwick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136231162

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The Message of Plato (RLE: Plato) by Edward J Urwick Pdf

Edward Urwick’s original work draws upon Plato’s best known work, the Republic, to provide a new interpretation of Plato’s teaching based upon Indian religious thought. Most scholars have sought to interpret the Republic from the standpoint of politics, ethics, and metaphysics and indeed the accepted title of the dialogue – Concerning a Polity or Republic – would seem to legitimate this. Even the alternative title for the work – Concerning Justice – seems to justify such an approach. Yet the original Greek work, Dikaiosune, had a fuller meaning: righteousness. The author believes this gives a truer clue to the meaning of the dialogue. It is a discussion of righteousness in all its forms, from the just dealing of the law-abiding citizen to the spirit of holiness in the saint.

Author : Plato
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781775413660

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The Republic by Plato Pdf

The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier. They are the philosopher-kings of imagined cities and they also discuss the nature of philosophy and the soul among other things.

Author : R. B. Rutherford
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0674048113

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The Art of Plato by R. B. Rutherford Pdf

This book is not a study of Plato's philosophy, but a contribution to the literary interpretation of the dialogues, through analysis of their formal structure, characterisation, language and imagery. Among the dialogues considered in these interrelated essays are some of Plato's most admired and influential works, including the Gorgias, the Symposium, the Republic and the Phaedrus. Special attention is paid to the personality of Socrates, Plato's remarkable mentor, and to his interaction with the other characters in the dialogues. Rutherford also includes detailed discussion of particular problems such as the sources for our knowledge of Socrates, the origins of the dialogue form, Plato's use of myth, and the 'totalitarianism' of the Republic. The combination of sympathetic literary criticism with exact historical scholarship gives The Art of Plato its special qualities.

Author : Neville Richard Murphy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Plato: His "Republic."
ISBN : UCBK:C045708631

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The Interpretation of Plato's Republic by Neville Richard Murphy Pdf

Author : Cristina Ionescu
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0739120255

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Plato's Meno by Cristina Ionescu Pdf

Plato's Meno: An Interpretation/is a comprehensive study of the transitional dialogue dedicated to the investigation of virtue. Cristina Ionescu analyzes with approximately equal emphasis both the dramatic details and the logic of the arguments. By focusing on the interrelated themes that run through the text, Ionescu provides a comprehensive overview of the dialogue and a refreshing update of its argument. The theme of the Meno is the investigation of virtue with regard to both its essence and our possibility of acquiring it, whether we acquire virtue by nature, teaching, practice, or in some other way. As the nature of the theoretical investigation itself is made into a direct concern of the dialogue, and since the essence of virtue is closely associated with knowledge, the dialogue has both a moral and an epistemological dimension. The interwoven treatment of virtue and knowledge throughout the Meno enlarges the scope of interest to cover also several related themes: the immortality of the soul, the relationship between craft-like expertise and moral wisdom, the relationship between divine inspiration and virtue, the contrast between dialectical conversations and eristic disputes, and the importance of following appropriate methods in philosophical investigations. By examining these related ideas with clarity, Ionescu provides an invaluable guide to the dialogue. Plato's Meno: An Interpretation is an excellent book for readers of Plato at all levels: undergraduates, graduates, and specialists.

Author : Helen North
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : 9004052623

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Interpretations of Plato by Helen North Pdf

Author : Coleen P. Zoller
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438470832

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Plato and the Body by Coleen P. Zoller Pdf

Offers an innovative reading of Plato, analyzing his metaphysical, ethical, and political commitments in connection with feminist critiques. For centuries, it has been the prevailing view that in prioritizing the soul, Plato ignores or even abhors the body; however, in Plato and the Body Coleen P. Zoller argues that Plato does value the body and the role it plays in philosophical life, focusing on Plato’s use of Socrates as an exemplar. Zoller reveals a more refined conception of the ascetic lifestyle epitomized by Socrates in Plato’s Phaedo, Symposium, Phaedrus, Gorgias, and Republic. Her interpretation illuminates why those who want to be wise and good have reason to be curious about and love the natural world and the bodies in it, and has implications for how we understand Plato’s metaphysical and political commitments. This book shows the relevance of this broader understanding of Plato for work on a variety of relevant contemporary issues, including sexual morality, poverty, wealth inequality, and peace. Coleen P. Zoller is Professor of Philosophy at Susquehanna University.

Author : Helen F. North
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004327672

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Interpretations of Plato by Helen F. North Pdf

Author : Giovanni Reale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019266407

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Toward a New Interpretation of Plato by Giovanni Reale Pdf

"Rereads the writings of Plato in the light andperspective of the paradigm of the Tubingen School, but it doesso on the basis of very precise principles of contemporaryepistemology which render the undertaking soundly andconvincingly scientific and highly, even fascinatingly readable".

Author : Samuel Scolnicov
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520925113

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Plato's Parmenides by Samuel Scolnicov Pdf

Of all Plato’s dialogues, the Parmenides is notoriously the most difficult to interpret. Scholars of all periods have disagreed about its aims and subject matter. The interpretations have ranged from reading the dialogue as an introduction to the whole of Platonic metaphysics to seeing it as a collection of sophisticated tricks, or even as an elaborate joke. This work presents an illuminating new translation of the dialogue together with an extensive introduction and running commentary, giving a unified explanation of the Parmenides and integrating it firmly within the context of Plato's metaphysics and methodology. Scolnicov shows that in the Parmenides Plato addresses the most serious challenge to his own philosophy: the monism of Parmenides and the Eleatics. In addition to providing a serious rebuttal to Parmenides, Plato here re-formulates his own theory of forms and participation, arguments that are central to the whole of Platonic thought, and provides these concepts with a rigorous logical and philosophical foundation. In Scolnicov's analysis, the Parmenides emerges as an extension of ideas from Plato's middle dialogues and as an opening to the later dialogues. Scolnicov’s analysis is crisp and lucid, offering a persuasive approach to a complicated dialogue. This translation follows the Greek closely, and the commentary affords the Greekless reader a clear understanding of how Scolnicov’s interpretation emerges from the text. This volume will provide a valuable introduction and framework for understanding a dialogue that continues to generate lively discussion today.