The Unity Of Plato S Gorgias

Author : Devin Stauffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139448918

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The Unity of Plato's 'Gorgias' by Devin Stauffer Pdf

Stauffer demonstrates the complex unity of Plato's Gorgias through a careful analysis of the dialogue's three main sections. This includes Socrates' famous argumentative duel with Callicles, a passionate critic of justice and philosophy, showing how the seemingly disparate themes of rhetoric, justice and the philosophic life are woven together into a coherent whole. His interpretation of the Gorgias sheds new light on Plato's thought, showing that Plato and Socrates had a more favourable view of rhetoric than is usually supposed. Stauffer also challenges common assumptions concerning the character and purpose of some of Socrates' most famous claims about justice. Written as a close study of the Gorgias, Stauffer also treats broad questions concerning Plato's moral and political psychology and uncovers the view of the relationship between philosophy and politics that guided Plato as he wrote his dialogues.

Author : George Kimball Plochmann,Franklin Edward Robinson
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0809314045

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A Friendly Companion to Plato's Gorgias by George Kimball Plochmann,Franklin Edward Robinson Pdf

A comprehensive study of "one of the most elusive and subtle" of all the Platonic dialogues. The Gorgias begins with a discussion of the nature and value of rhetoric and develops into an impassioned argument for the primacy of absolute right (as expressed by conscience) in the regulation of both public and private life. Plochmann and Robinson closely analyze this great dialogue in the first two-thirds of their book, turning in the final four chapters to a broader discussion of its unity, sweep, and philosophic implications.

Author : Paul Shorey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000029677924

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The Unity of Plato's Thought by Paul Shorey Pdf

Author : Tushar Irani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107181984

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Plato on the Value of Philosophy by Tushar Irani Pdf

This book explores Plato's views on what an 'art of argument' should look like, investigating the relationship between psychology and rhetoric.

Author : Rachel Barney,Tad Brennan,Charles Brittain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521899666

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Plato and the Divided Self by Rachel Barney,Tad Brennan,Charles Brittain Pdf

Investigates Plato's account of the tripartite soul, looking at how the theory evolved over the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus.

Author : Nicholas Thorne
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 179363906X

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Liberation and Authority by Nicholas Thorne Pdf

Liberation and Authority provides original, comparative readings of Plato's Gorgias, the first book of the Republic, and Thucydides' History, arguing that they share similarities not only in the oft-noted "natural justice" of Callicles, Thrasymachus, and the Melian Dialogue, but also in a development that runs through the whole of each.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 0192836307

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Gorgias by Plato Pdf

The struggle which Plato has Socrates recommend to his interlocutors in Gorgias - and to his readers - is the struggle to overcome the temptations of worldly success and to concentrate on genuine morality. Ostensibly an enquiry into the value of rhetoric, the dialogue soon becomes aninvestigation into the value of these two contrasting ways of life. In a series of dazzling and bold arguments, Plato attempts to establish that only morality can bring a person true happiness, and to demolish alternative viewpoints. It is not suprising that Gorgias is one of Plato's most widely read dialogues. Philosophers read it for its coverage of central moral issues; others enjoy its vividness, clarity and occasional bitter humour. This new translation is accompanied by explanatory notes and an informativeintroduction.

Author : Rod Jenks
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498592048

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Plato on the Unity of the Virtues by Rod Jenks Pdf

In Plato on the Unity of the Virtues, Rod Jenks argues that while Plato makes several attempts to show how virtue is one, he deliberately fails to secure this because he thinks the way in which the virtues are both one and many is finally ineffable.

Author : Robin Varma
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781666907308

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Ruling Bodies by Robin Varma Pdf

This book is about an epochal shift in ideas that changed the nature and meaning of coercion in modern political thought. It begins with a review of Foucault, Arendt, and Habermas, and points out a discrepancy in the way each thinker understood coercion in modern politics. From here, Varma examines Plato’s Republic, Laws, and Gorgias to provide a framework and context for thinking about this. As the author shows, each work demonstrates a particular style of Platonic statecraft that corresponds to the amount of power the philosopher holds in a city. The Republic demonstrates the philosopher’s rule as a monarch; the Laws demonstrates his rule when he must share power with a few spirited statesmen; and the Gorgias demonstrates his rule in a democracy where power belongs to the people. Ultimately, Varma argues that the philosopher used coercion as a supplementary tool to help harmonize man’s soul with the heavens. When Hobbes recast the cosmos as matter in motion, however, power became the highest ordering principle for political life.

Author : Robert Wardy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134757305

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The Birth of Rhetoric by Robert Wardy Pdf

What is rhetoric? Is it the capacity to persuade? Or is it 'mere' rhetoric: the ability to get others to do what the speaker wants, regardless of what they want? Robert Wardy uses Gorgias at the centre of this book and the debate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,7 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 : J. Clerk Shaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108492218

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Plato's Gorgias by J. Clerk Shaw Pdf

This Critical Guide offers detailed analysis of all parts of Plato's Gorgias, together with diverse perspectives on its advocacy of a philosophical, just life as against a life of rhetoric and injustice.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004414310

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Studies in Hermias’ Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus by Anonim Pdf

Studies in Hermias’ Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus is a collection of twelve essays that consider aspects of Hermias’ philosophy, including his notions of the soul, logic, and method of exegesis.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCBK:C061077906

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The Gorgias of Plato by Plato Pdf

Author : Peter J. Hansen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498590983

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Plato’s Tough Guys and Their Attachment to Justice by Peter J. Hansen Pdf

A careful reading of Plato’s works show that Thrasymachus and Callicles, his famous immoralists, are unselfconsciously devoted to virtue as they see it. They thereby offer surprising support for the view that people are not simply self-interested, and they cast light on the beliefs and hopes we all have of justice.