Plato In L A

Author : Donatien Grau
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606065747

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Plato in L.A. by Donatien Grau Pdf

No thinker in the West has had a wider and more sustained influence than the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. From philosophy to drama, religion to politics, it is difficult to find a current cultural or social phenomenon that is not in some aspect indebted to the famous philosopher and the Platonic tradition. It should come as no surprise that contemporary artists continue to engage with and respond to the ideas of Plato. Accompanying an exhibition at the Getty Villa, this book brings together eleven renowned artists working in a variety of media—Paul Chan, Rachel Harrison, Huang Yong Ping, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Joseph Kosuth, Paul McCarthy, Whitney McVeigh, Raymond Pettibon, Adrian Piper, and Michelangelo Pistoletto—all of whom have acknowledged the role of Plato in their artistic process. Featuring candid interviews with the artists, this volume begins with an essay by the critic and curator Donatien Grau that contextualizes Plato in antiquity and in the present day. Contemporary art, Grau demonstrates, is Platonism stripped bare, and it allows us to reconsider Plato’s philosophy as a deeply human construct, one that remains highly relevant today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004437081

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Plato’s Timaeus by Anonim Pdf

Plato's 'Timaeus' brings together a number of studies from both leading Plato specialists and up-and-coming researchers from across Europe. The contributions cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from the literary form of the work to the ontology of sense perception and the status of medicine in Timaeus' account. Although informed by a commitment to methodological diversity, the collection as a whole forms an organic unity, opening fresh perspectives on widely read passages, while shedding new light on less frequently discussed topics. The volume thus provides a valuable resource for students and researchers at all levels, whether their interest bears on the Timaeus as a whole or on a particular passage.

Author : Gabriele Cornelli,Thomas M. Robinson,Francisco Bravo
Publisher : Academia Verlag
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783896657466

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Plato's Phaedo by Gabriele Cornelli,Thomas M. Robinson,Francisco Bravo Pdf

Der Tagungsband enthält eine Auswahl von 41 Vorträgen, welche von den Wissenschaftlern der IPS am 11. Symposium Platonicum in Brasilien unter der Schirmherrschaft der University of Brasília gehalten wurden. Der Band behandelt alle wichtigen Fragen im Zusammenhang mit der Interpretation von Platons Phaidon und der Rezeption dieses zentralen Dialogs in der gesamten Antike.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004473027

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Plato’s Cratylus by Anonim Pdf

The first collective monograph on one of Plato’s most intriguing dialogues with interest for readers of ancient philosophy as well as those who study modern theories of language.

Author : G. R. F. Ferrari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107494954

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The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic by G. R. F. Ferrari Pdf

This Companion provides a comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience, from first-time readers of the Republic who require guidance, to more experienced readers who wish to explore contemporary currents in the work's interpretation. The three initial chapters address aspects of the work as a whole. They are followed by essays that match closely the sequence in which topics are presented in the ten books of the Republic. Since the Republic returns frequently to the same topics by different routes, so do the authors of this volume, who provide the readers with divergent yet complementary perspectives by which to appreciate the Republic's principal concerns.

Author : Paolo Crivelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521199131

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Plato's Account of Falsehood by Paolo Crivelli Pdf

Plato's Account of Falsehood discusses recent secondary literature on the falsehood paradox, providing original solutions to several unsolved problems.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004289543

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Ancient Readings of Plato’s Phaedo by Anonim Pdf

Unlike the Phaedo itself, its reception in Antiquity remains little studied. By examining the extant commentaries, their sources, and the dialogue’s presence in the reflections of ancient thinkers both inside and outside the Platonic tradition, this volume aims to reconstruct its ancient history.

Author : Gabriele Cornelli
Publisher : Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Plato Journal 17 by Gabriele Cornelli Pdf

Author : Beatriz Bossi,Thomas M. Robinson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110605549

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Plato’s >Statesman by Beatriz Bossi,Thomas M. Robinson Pdf

This volume tackles both the apparent lack of unity and the perplexing philosophical content of the Statesman as it explores, in what is now Plato's second account, subsequent to that of the Republic, of what would constitute the best society, the role and nature of the statesman in it; the art of governance of it; the role and nature of its laws; the role and status of its female citizens; and how the virtues are interwoven within it, along with many other topics, including (in a major Myth) that of the origins of the universe and of humankind. Coming as they do from often widely differing hermeneutical traditions, the authors in the volume offer responses to substantive and intriguing questions that the dialogue raises which are frequently divergent, but by that very token of much value in any attempt to interpret a complex and multifaceted work.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004701878

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Plato’s Gorgias: Speech, Soul and Politics by Anonim Pdf

In the Gorgias Plato offers a synthesis of what he thinks about the bitter conflict between philosophical and non-philosophical approaches to one’s responsibilities in private and public life. This book contributes to a deeper understanding of this historically and conceptually rich canvas by shedding light on its main topics: speech in its philosophical and non-philosophical forms, psychology in relation to virtuous life, and politics which charges the two former topics with high stakes that call for personal choices.

Author : Beatriz Bossi,Thomas M. Robinson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110715477

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Plato’s ›Theaetetus‹ Revisited by Beatriz Bossi,Thomas M. Robinson Pdf

This book meets the need to revise the standard interpretations of an apparently aporetic dialogue, full of eloquent silences and tricky suggestions, as it explores, among many other topics, the dramatis personae, including Plato's self-references behind the scene and the role of Socrates on stage, the question of method and refutation and the way dialectics plays a part in the dialogue. More especifically, it contains a set of papers devoted to perception and Plato's criticism of Heraclitus and Protagoras. A section deals with the problem of the relation between knowledge and thinking, including the the aviary model and the possibility of error. It also emphasizes some positive contributions to the classical Platonic doctrines and his philosophy of education. The reception of the dialogue in antiquity and the medieval age closes the analysis. Representing different hermeneutical traditions, prestigious scholars engage with these issues in divergent ways, as they shed new light on a complex controversial work.

Author : Carolina Araújo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350257054

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Cooperative Flourishing in Plato’s 'Republic' by Carolina Araújo Pdf

In this pathbreaking interpretation of Plato's foundational text of political philosophy, Carolina Araújo reveals how the Republic remains ripe for an interpretation grounded in notions of cooperation, flourishing and justice relevant to the diversity of contemporary life. Plato's Republic has the Greek name of Politeia that Araújo translates as “the way of life of the citizens,” not “the State” or “the form of government” as it more traditionally rendered. Plato's treatise, Politeia, depicts the rich array of patterns emerging from human interaction and enquires into the best amongst them. Cooperative Flourishing in Plato's Republic returns to these important questions about society – how to live with a vast diversity of personalities, with different interests and abilities, all of them trying to flourish – and asks how best can we share our environment? With rigorous philosophical analysis of the Greek text, accompanied by original translations of the most important passages, Araújo upends mainstream scholarship to progress Socrates' “bottom-up” view of politics and rejects previous readings of the Republic as a proto-totalitarian text, psychological study or lengthy analogy. By defending a theory of Platonic justice that is rooted in cooperative flourishing, the public education of all citizens and the contribution of philosophers to political life, “the beautiful city”, which Plato called Kallipolis, emerges as a hopeful possibility.

Author : Vasileios Liotsakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783111307824

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Plato’s Proto-Narratology by Vasileios Liotsakis Pdf

Plato’s contribution to narratology has traditionally been traced in his tripartite categorisation of narrative modes we read of in the Republic. Although other aspects of storytelling are also addressed throughout the Platonic oeuvre, such passages are treated as instantaneous flares of metanarrative speculation on Plato’s part and do not seem to contribute to the reconstruction of his ‘theory of narrative’. Vasileios Liotsakis challenges this view and argues that the Statesman, the Timaeus/Critias and the Laws reveal that Plato had consolidated in his mind and compositionally put into effect one systematic mode in which to express his thoughts on narratives. In these dialogues Liotsakis recognizes the birth of a proto-narratology which differs in many respects from what we today expect from a narratological handbook, but still demonstrates two key-features of narratology: (a) a conscious focus on certain aspects of narrativity which are vastly discussed by narratologists and pertain to the structuring and reception of narratives; and (b) a schematised mode of interaction between metanarrative reflections and textual bodies which serve as the paradigms through which to explore the interpretive potential of these reflections.

Author : André Laks
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691236063

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Plato's Second Republic by André Laks Pdf

An argument for why Plato’s Laws can be considered his most important political dialogue In Plato's Second Republic, André Laks argues that the Laws, Plato’s last and longest dialogue, is also his most important political work, surpassing the Republic in historical relevance. Laks offers a thorough reappraisal of this less renowned text, and examines how it provides a critical foundation for the principles of lawmaking. In doing so, he makes clear the tremendous impact the Laws had not only on political philosophy, but also on modern political history. Laks shows how the four central ideas in the Laws—the corruptibility of unchecked power, the rule of law, a “middle” constitution, and the political necessity of legislative preambles—are articulated within an intricate and masterful literary architecture. He reveals how the work develops a theological conception of law anchored in political ideas about a god, divine reason, that is the measure of political order. Laks’s reading opens a complex analysis of the relationships between rulers and citizens; their roles in a political system; the power of reason and persuasion, as opposed to force, in commanding obedience; and the place of freedom. Plato's Second Republic presents a sophisticated reevaluation of a philosophical work that has exerted an enormous if often hidden influence even into the present day.

Author : Panos Dimas,Melissa Lane,Susan Sauvé Meyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192898296

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Plato's Statesman by Panos Dimas,Melissa Lane,Susan Sauvé Meyer Pdf

"Plato's Statesman reconsiders many questions familiar to readers of the Republic: questions in political theory - such as the qualifications for the leadership of a state and the best from of constitution (politeia) - as well as questions of philosophical methodology and epistemology. Instead of the theory of Forms that is the centrepiece of the epistemology of the Republic, the emphasis here is on the dialectical practice of collection and division (diairesis), in whose service the interlocutors also deploy the ancillary methods of myth and of models (paradeigmata). Plato here introduces the doctrine of due measure (to metrion) and a conception of statecraft (politikē) as an architectonic expertise that governs subordinate disciplines such as rhetoric and the military - doctrines later developed by Aristotle. Readers will find a sustained defence of the importance of expertise (technē or epistēmē) in the conduct of affairs of state, a robust (although not unqualified) defence of the rule of law, and an unsparing but nuanced critique of democratic government. The chapters in this volume provide a comprehensive and detailed philosophical engagement with the entirety of Plato's wide-ranging dialogue, with successive chapters devoted to the sections of the dialogue as it unfolds, and an introduction that places the dialogue in the context of Plato's philosophy as a whole. While not a commentary in the traditional sense, the volume engages with Plato's Statesman in its entirety" -- Publisher's description.