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PLOTINUS Ennead VI.4 & VI.5

Eyjolfur Strange Emilsson, Steven
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Author : Eyjolfur Strange Emilsson, Steven
Publisher : Parmenides Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1930972148

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PLOTINUS Ennead VI.4 & VI.5 by Eyjolfur Strange Emilsson, Steven Pdf

Ennead VI.4-5, originally written as a single treatise, contains Plotinus' most general and sustained exposition of the relationship between the intelligible and the sensible realms, addressing and coalescing two central issues in Platonism: the nature of the soul-body relationship and the nature of participation. Its main question is, How can soul animate bodies without sharing their extension? The treatise seems to have had considerable impact: it is much reflected in Porphyry's important work, Sententiae, and the doctrine of reception according to the capacity of the recipient, for which this treatise is the main source, resonated in medieval thinkers.

Interpreting Plato's Dialogues

Angelo J. Corlett
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Author : Angelo J. Corlett
Publisher : Parmenides Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781930972469

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Interpreting Plato's Dialogues by Angelo J. Corlett Pdf

This new way of approaching Plato neither sees Plato's words as doctrines according to which the dialogues are to be interpreted, nor does it reduce Plato's dialogues to dramatic literature. Rather, it seeks to interpret the primary aim of Plato's writings as being influenced primarily by Plato's respect for his teacher, Socrates, and the manner in which Socrates engaged others in philosophical discourse. It places the focus of philosophical investigation of Plato's dialogues on the content of the dialogues themselves, and on the Socratic way of doing philosophy.

Plato and the Socratic Dialogue

Charles H. Kahn
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Author : Charles H. Kahn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521433258

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Plato and the Socratic Dialogue by Charles H. Kahn Pdf

This book offers a new interpretation of Plato's early and middle dialogues as the expression of a unified philosophical vision. Whereas the traditional view sees the dialogues as marking successive stages in Plato's philosophical development, we may more legitimately read them as reflecting an artistic plan for the gradual, indirect and partial exposition of Platonic philosophy. The magnificent literary achievement of the dialogues can be fully appreciated only from the viewpoint of a unitarian reading of the philosophical content.

Early Socratic Dialogues

Emlyn-Jones Chris,Plato
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Author : Emlyn-Jones Chris,Plato
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141914077

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Early Socratic Dialogues by Emlyn-Jones Chris,Plato Pdf

Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues provide a definitive portrait of the real Socrates and raise issues still keenly debated by philosophers, forming an incisive overview of Plato's philosophy.

Reading Plato

Thomas A. Szlezák
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Author : Thomas A. Szlezák
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134656493

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Reading Plato by Thomas A. Szlezák Pdf

Reading Plato offers a concise and illuminating insight into the complexities and difficulties of the Platonic dialogues, providing an invaluable text for any student of Plato's philosophy. Taking as a starting point the critique of writing in the Phaedrus -- where Socrates argues that a book cannot choose its reader nor can it defend itself against misinterpretation -- Reading Plato offers solutions to the problems of interpreting the dialogues. In this ground-breaking book, Thomas A. Szlezak persuasively argues that the dialogues are designed to stimulate philosophical enquiry and to elevate philosophy to the realm of oral dialectic.

Philosophy as Drama

Hallvard Fossheim,Vigdis Songe-Møller,Knut Ågotnes
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Author : Hallvard Fossheim,Vigdis Songe-Møller,Knut Ågotnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350082519

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Philosophy as Drama by Hallvard Fossheim,Vigdis Songe-Møller,Knut Ågotnes Pdf

Plato's philosophical dialogues can be seen as his creation of a new genre. Plato borrows from, as well as rejects, earlier and contemporary authors, and he is constantly in conversation with established genres, such as tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, and rhetoric in a variety of ways. This intertextuality reinforces the relevance of material from other types of literary works, as well as a general knowledge of classical culture in Plato's time, and the political and moral environment that Plato addressed, when reading his dramatic dialogues. The authors of Philosophy as Drama show that any interpretation of these works must include the literary and narrative dimensions of each text, as much as serious the attention given to the progression of the argument in each piece. Each dialogue is read on its own merit, and critical comparisons of several dialogues explore the differences and likenesses between them on a dramatic as well as on a logical level. This collection of essays moves debates in Plato scholarship forward when it comes to understanding both particular aspects of Plato's dialogues and the approach itself. Containing 11 chapters of close readings of individual dialogues, with 2 chapters discussing specific themes running through them, such as music and sensuousness, pleasure, perception, and images, this book displays the range and diversity within Plato's corpus.

Methods of Interpreting Plato and His Dialogues

James Carl Klagge,Nicholas D. Smith
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Author : James Carl Klagge,Nicholas D. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198239513

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Methods of Interpreting Plato and His Dialogues by James Carl Klagge,Nicholas D. Smith Pdf

In this supplementary volume, a number of renowned scholars of Plato reflect upon their interpretive methods. Topics covered include the use of ancient authorities in interpreting Plato's dialogues, Plato's literary and rhetorical style, his arguments and characters, and his use of the dialogue form. The collection is not intended as a comprehensive survey of methodological approaches; rather it offers a number of different perspectives and clearly articulated interpretations by leading scholars in the field.

Turning Toward Philosophy

Jill Gordon
Turning Toward Philosophy Book PDF

Author : Jill Gordon
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0271039779

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Turning Toward Philosophy by Jill Gordon Pdf

Acknowledging the powerful impact that Plato's dialogues have had on readers, Jill Gordon shows how the literary techniques Plato used function philosophically to engage readers in doing philosophy and attracting them toward the philosophical life. The picture of philosophical activity emerging from the dialogues, as thus interpreted, is a complex process involving vision, insight, and emotion basic to the human condition rather than a resort to pure reason as an escape from it. Since the literary features of Plato's writing are what draw the reader into philosophy, the book becomes an argument for the union of philosophy and literature--and against their disciplinary bifurcation--in the dialogues. Gordon construes the relationship of Plato's text to its audience as an analogue of Socrates' relationship with his interlocutors in the dialogues, seeing both as fundamentally dialectic. On this insight she builds her detailed analysis of specific literary devices in chapters on dramatic form, character development, irony, and image-making (which includes myth, metaphor, and analogy). In this way Gordon views Plato as not at all the enemy of the poets and image-makers that previous interpreters have depicted. Rather, Gordon concludes that Plato understands the power of words and images quite well. Since they, and not logico-deductive argumentation, are the appropriate means for engaging human beings, he uses them to great effect and with a sensitive understanding of human psychology, wary of their possible corrupting influences but ultimately willing to harness their power for philosophical ends.

Plato's Dialogues

Carol Dunn
Plato s Dialogues Book PDF

Author : Carol Dunn
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780983198499

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Plato's Dialogues by Carol Dunn Pdf

8 lectures, Basel and Dornach, December 22, 1918 - January 1, 1919 (CW 187) "This is the goal toward which mankind strives through the new wisdom, in the new spirit: To find in the spirit itself the power to overcome egotism and the falseness of life, to overcome self-seeking through love, the sham of life through truth, illness through health-giving thoughts that put us into immediate accord with the harmonies of the universe, because they flow from the harmonies of the harmonies of the universe" (Rudolf Steiner). Steiner examines the inner history of Christianity, explaining its relationship to ancient Judaism, Hellenism, Romanism, Gnosticism, and Egypto-Chaldean initiation. He describes the hidden spiritual battle raging today and the need for a renewal of the mysteries in a modern form. Today's road to Christ must involve a new, formative thinking whose Christian character is shown in the advent of selflessness, health, and a sense for truth. George O'Neil describes the nature of these lectures in his foreword: "As always, Rudolf Steiner spoke freely without using notes. Most of his audience had studied--or were at least familiar with--his written works and the published lecture cycles on the Gospels and related themes. A similar background will be needed for reading How Can Mankind Find the Christ Again? Such a background will prepare the reader for challenges and vistas not encountered elsewhere. Steiner's message of the new Christ Light midst the shadow existence of our age speaks to the modern soul in search of a cognitive reach" How Can Mankind Find the Christ Again? is a translation of Wie kan die Menschheit den Christus wiederfinden? Das dreifache Schattendasein unserer Zeit und das neue Christus-Licht (GA 187).

The Musical Structure of Plato's Dialogues

J.B. Kennedy
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Author : J.B. Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317547976

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The Musical Structure of Plato's Dialogues by J.B. Kennedy Pdf

J. B. Kennedy argues that Plato's dialogues have an unsuspected musical structure and use symbols to encode Pythagorean doctrines. The followers of Pythagoras famously thought that the cosmos had a hidden musical structure and that wise philosophers would be able to hear this harmony of the spheres. Kennedy shows that Plato gave his dialogues a similar, hidden musical structure. He divided each dialogue into twelve parts and inserted symbols at each twelfth to mark a musical note. These passages are relatively harmonious or dissonant, and so traverse the ups and downs of a known musical scale. Many of Plato's ancient followers insisted that Plato used symbols to conceal his own views within the dialogues, but modern scholars have denied this. Kennedy, an expert in Pythagorean mathematics and music theory, now shows that Plato's dialogues do contain a system of symbols. Scholars in the humanities, without knowledge of obsolete Greek mathematics, would not have been able to detect these musical patterns. This book begins with a concise and accessible introduction to Plato's symbolic schemes and the role of allegory in ancient times. The following chapters then annotate the musical symbols in two of Plato's most popular dialogues, the Symposium and Euthyphro, and show that Plato used the musical scale as an outline for structuring his narratives.

Reading Plato's Dialogues to Enhance Learning and Inquiry

Mason Marshall
Reading Plato s Dialogues to Enhance Learning and Inquiry Book PDF

Author : Mason Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 0367636328

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Reading Plato's Dialogues to Enhance Learning and Inquiry by Mason Marshall Pdf

"This scholarly volume proposes protreptic as a radically new way of reading Plato's dialogues leading to enhanced student engagement in learning and inquiry. Through analysis of Platonic dialogues including Crito, Euthyphro, Meno, and Republic, the text highlights Socrates' ways of fostering and encouraging self-examination and conscionable reflection. By focusing his work on Socrates' use of protreptic, Marshall proposes a practical approach to reading Plato, illustrating how his writings can be used to enhance intrinsic motivation amongst students, and help them develop the thinking skills required for democratic and civic engagement. This engaging volume will be of interest to doctoral students, researchers, and scholars concerned with Plato's dialogues, the philosophy of education, and ancient philosophy more broadly, as well as post-graduate students interested in moral and values education research. Mason Marshall is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pepperdine University, US"--

Socrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato

Sandra Peterson
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Author : Sandra Peterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139497978

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Socrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato by Sandra Peterson Pdf

In Plato's Apology, Socrates says he spent his life examining and questioning people on how best to live, while avowing that he himself knows nothing important. Elsewhere, however, for example in Plato's Republic, Plato's Socrates presents radical and grandiose theses. In this book Sandra Peterson offers a hypothesis which explains the puzzle of Socrates' two contrasting manners. She argues that the apparently confident doctrinal Socrates is in fact conducting the first step of an examination: by eliciting his interlocutors' reactions, his apparently doctrinal lectures reveal what his interlocutors believe is the best way to live. She tests her hypothesis by close reading of passages in the Theaetetus, Republic and Phaedo. Her provocative conclusion, that there is a single Socrates whose conception and practice of philosophy remain the same throughout the dialogues, will be of interest to a wide range of readers in ancient philosophy and classics.

Plato's Dialogues

Gerald Alan Press
Plato s Dialogues Book PDF

Author : Gerald Alan Press
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0847678369

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Plato's Dialogues by Gerald Alan Press Pdf

These essays by philosophers, philologists and historians exemplify both the pluralism and shared values of recent scholarship on Plato's dialogues and philosophy. They emphasise the interdependence of ideas, literary and dramatic elements, and the historical and cultural contexts.

Philosophy in Dialogue

Gary Alan Scott
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Author : Gary Alan Scott
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810123564

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Philosophy in Dialogue by Gary Alan Scott Pdf

Traditional Plato scholarship, in the English-speaking world, has assumed that Platonic dialogues are merely collections of arguments. Inevitably, the question arises: If Plato wanted to present collections of arguments, why did he write dialogues instead of treatises? Concerned about this question, some scholars have been experimenting with other, more contextualized ways of reading the dialogues. This anthology is among the first to present these new approaches as pursued by a variety of scholars. As such, it offers new perspectives on Plato as well as a suggestive view of Plato scholarship as something of a laboratory for historians of philosophy generally. The essays gathered here each examine vital aspects of Plato’s many methods, considering his dialogues in relation to Thucydides and Homer, narrative strategies and medical practice, images and metaphors. They offer surprising new research into such much-studied works as The Republic as well as revealing views of lesser-known dialogues like the Cratylus and Philebus. With reference to thinkers such as Heidegger, Gadamer, and Sartre, the authors place the Platonic dialogues in an illuminating historical context. Together, their essays should reinvigorate the scholarly examination of the way Plato’s dialogues “work”—and should prompt a reconsideration of how the form of Plato’s philosophical writing bears on the Platonic conception of philosophy.

The Ontology of Socratic Questioning in Plato's Early Dialogues

Sean D. Kirkland
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Author : Sean D. Kirkland
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438444055

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The Ontology of Socratic Questioning in Plato's Early Dialogues by Sean D. Kirkland Pdf

Winner of the 2013 Symposium Book Award, presented by the Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy Modern interpreters of Plato's Socrates have generally taken the dialogues to be aimed at working out objective truth. Attending closely to the texts of the early dialogues and the question of virtue in particular, Sean D. Kirkland suggests that this approach is flawed—that such concern with discovering external facts rests on modern assumptions that would have been far from the minds of Socrates and his contemporaries. This isn't, however, to accuse Socrates of any kind of relativism. Through careful analysis of the original Greek and of a range of competing strands of Plato scholarship, Kirkland instead brings to light a radical, proto-phenomenological Socrates, for whom "what virtue is" is what has always already appeared as virtuous in everyday experience of the world, even if initial appearances are unsatisfactory or obscure and in need of greater scrutiny and clarification.