The Genesis Of Plato S Thought

Author : Alban Winspear
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
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Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351482295

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It is often said that to understand Plato we must understand his times. Many readers who might accept without question this saying of historical criticism may still wonder why we should think it necessary to begin our enquiry as far back as Homer and beyond. In the case of Plato there is an even greater need to pursue the argument back to the very beginnings of the historical period in which he lived and worked.It is quite impossible to understand the genesis of Plato's ideas without understanding the profound change that Greek society underwent in the post-Homeric period that preceded him. This change in social structure created a mercantile, progressive Greek society, one which laid the foundations for all the subsequent history of Europe and the West. The Genesis of Plato's Thought is particularly highly regarded because it departs vigorously from the traditional abstract, static view of Plato's thought.Winspear's volume on Plato's thought traces, in a realistic fashion, the deep-reaching social and economic roots of Plato's concept of the state and society. Winspear believes that nowhere can the social roots of philosophy be more sharply seen and more firmly apprehended than when one is dealing with the origins of Western philosophy among the Greeks. His book contains the body of information which any reader should have if they wish to approach Plato as a historical figure. To make the book useful to a wide circle of readers, brief biographical identifications for the various important figures of Greek life are introduced in the text.

Author : Russell Tuttle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138535885

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It is often said that to understand Plato we must understand his times. Many readers who might accept without question this saying of historical criticism may still wonder why we should think it necessary to begin our enquiry as far back as Homer and beyond. In the case of Plato there is an even greater need to pursue the argument back to the very beginnings of the historical period in which he lived and worked. It is quite impossible to understand the genesis of Plato's ideas without understanding the profound change that Greek society underwent in the post-Homeric period that preceded him. This change in social structure created a mercantile, progressive Greek society, one which laid the foundations for all the subsequent history of Europe and the West. The Genesis of Plato's Thoughtis particularly highly regarded because it departs vigorously from the traditional abstract, static view of Plato's thought. Winspear's volume on Plato's thought traces, in a realistic fashion, the deep-reaching social and economic roots of Plato's concept of the state and society. Winspear believes that nowhere can the social roots of philosophy be more sharply seen and more firmly apprehended than when one is dealing with the origins of Western philosophy among the Greeks. His book contains the body of information which any reader should have if they wish to approach Plato as a historical figure. To make the book useful to a wide circle of readers, brief biographical identifications for the various important figures of Greek life are introduced in the text.

Author : Alban Winspear
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351482288

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The Genesis of Plato's Thought by Alban Winspear Pdf

It is often said that to understand Plato we must understand his times. Many readers who might accept without question this saying of historical criticism may still wonder why we should think it necessary to begin our enquiry as far back as Homer and beyond. In the case of Plato there is an even greater need to pursue the argument back to the very beginnings of the historical period in which he lived and worked.It is quite impossible to understand the genesis of Plato's ideas without understanding the profound change that Greek society underwent in the post-Homeric period that preceded him. This change in social structure created a mercantile, progressive Greek society, one which laid the foundations for all the subsequent history of Europe and the West. The Genesis of Plato's Thought is particularly highly regarded because it departs vigorously from the traditional abstract, static view of Plato's thought.Winspear's volume on Plato's thought traces, in a realistic fashion, the deep-reaching social and economic roots of Plato's concept of the state and society. Winspear believes that nowhere can the social roots of philosophy be more sharply seen and more firmly apprehended than when one is dealing with the origins of Western philosophy among the Greeks. His book contains the body of information which any reader should have if they wish to approach Plato as a historical figure. To make the book useful to a wide circle of readers, brief biographical identifications for the various important figures of Greek life are introduced in the text.

Author : George Maximilian Anthony Grube
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0915144808

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Plato's Thought by George Maximilian Anthony Grube Pdf

Plato's Thought offers an excellent introduction to Plato, guiding the reader through Plato's Theory of Forms, and examining his views on art, education and statecraft. This edition includes an introduction, bibliographic essay, and bibliography by Donald Zeyl.

Author : Louis Aryeh Kosman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 2004-04
Category : Audiobooks
ISBN : 1402547471

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Plato and Aristotle by Louis Aryeh Kosman Pdf

Plato and Aristotle: The Genesis of Western Thought

Author : George M. A. Grube
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
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Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:730021646

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Plato's Thought by George M. A. Grube Pdf

Author : John Earle Raven
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 276 pages
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Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Plato's Thought in the Making by John Earle Raven Pdf

Author : Julia Annas
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1402770529

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Plato by Julia Annas Pdf

"Julia Annas provides an incisive exploration of the many-sided and elusive genius whose wide-ranging, bold, and influential ideas continue to challenge, provoke, and inspire us today"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : G M a (George Maximilian an Grube
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 344 pages
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Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014667895

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Plato's Thought by G M a (George Maximilian an Grube Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : John Earle Raven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:850878484

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Plato's Thought in the Making by John Earle Raven Pdf

Author : John David Gemmill Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Dialectic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215378170

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A Plato Primer by John David Gemmill Evans Pdf

"A Plato Primer" introduces beginning students and the general reader to the main theses, concepts and arguments in Plato's philosophy. Subtle, versatile and multi-faceted though Plato's thought undoubtedly is, it has a core that needs to be explored and savoured. Evans presents this core, as it appears over a large range of his works, spread out over many decades of composition and many philosophical topics. Through all this diversity Plato's original philosophical personality shines through. Evans approaches the material thematically, in terms of modern philosophical categories, in seven main chapters. Within each of these individual treatments Evans follows the lines of argument in the main works of Plato that explore them. Indications about how to pursue given topics in the secondary literature are given in the helpful guide to further reading.

Author : John E. Raven
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 1985-09-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780313249587

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Plato's Thought in the Making by John E. Raven Pdf

This book is an anthology of Plato's writings, connected with sections of commentary.

Author : Paul Shorey
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 56 pages
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Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230462619

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The Unity of Plato's Thought by Paul Shorey Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...by truth concerning each one, but at other times and in other things is driven to and fro among them all, and of some it somehow forms right opinions among the combinations, but fails to apprehend these same things when transferred to the long and difficult syllables of facts. Not only the general drift, but the language and imagery of this passage must be understood of the recollections of the ideas. The phrase ravrbv Tovto tjfi&v ij yfrvij.fvaei, irepl Ta, Tow irdvrwv aroicla ireirovdvla does not refer mainly or solely to our liability to error, as might be supposed from Campbell's "is naturally liable to the same infirmity," or from Jowett's "has the same uncertainty." It refers to the whole preceding comparison of which the starting-point is that the soul knows all things in a sense, even as the children know all their letters imperfectly. That this is the meaning of iwra.... ireirovdvla appears further by comparison with Phcedrus, 249 E, iraaa fiev avdpiyirov yfrvxv.fivaei redecncu ret, 6vra. The doctrine of avdfivqais, then, repeated in the Politicus, is not abandoned in the Philebus. This conclusion might have been affirmed a priori. For "recollection," once indissolubly associated with the ideas and the pre-existence of the soul, would not be given up while they were retained. But pre-existence is assumed in the Laws, ' and the ideas, as we have seen, occur in the Politicusm and are reaffirmed in the Timceus, which also implies the soul's prior knowledge of all things, in language recalling the Phcedrus and Politicus."1 b) The general problem of the relation of mind and body is involved in that of immortality and the parts of the soul. As we have seen, the Timceus, though it assigns...

Author : G. m. a. Grube
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
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Release : 2011-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258036916

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Plato's Thought by G. m. a. Grube Pdf

The Theory Of Ideas; Pleasure; Eros; The Soul; The Gods; Art; Education; Statecraft.

Author : Andrew J. Mason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317421887

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Flow and Flux in Plato’s Philosophy by Andrew J. Mason Pdf

In this bold new study, Andrew J. Mason seeks both to shed light on the key issue of flux in Plato’s work, and to show that there is also in Plato a notion of flow that needs to be distinguished from flux. Mason brings out the importance of this hitherto neglected distinction, and proposes on its basis a new way of understanding the development of Plato’s thought. The opposition between the ‘being’ of Forms and the ‘becoming’ or ‘flux’ of sensibles has been fundamental to the understanding of Plato from Aristotle to the present day. One key concern of this volume is to clarify which kinds or levels of flux Plato accepts in sensibles. In addition, Mason argues that this traditional approach is unsatisfactory, as it leaves out the important notion of flow. Unlike flux, flow is a kind of motion that does not entail intrinsic change. It is also not restricted to the sensible, but covers motions of soul as well, including the circular motion of nous (intelligence) that is crucial in Plato’s later thought, particularly his cosmology. In short, flow is not incompatible with ‘being’, and in this study Plato’s development is presented, largely, as his arrival at this view, in correction of his earlier conflation of flux and flow in establishing the dichotomy between being and becoming. Mason’s study offers fresh insights into many dialogues and difficult passages in Plato’s oeuvre, and situates Plato’s conception and usage of ‘flow’ and ‘flux’ in relation to earlier usage in the Greek poetic tradition and the Presocratic thinkers, particularly Heraclitus. The first study of its kind, Flow and Flux uncovers dimensions of Plato’s thinking that may reshape the way his philosophy is understood.