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A companion to Plato / edited by Hugh H. Benson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to philosophy.
- Blackwell companions to philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Plato.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 473 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This broad-ranging Companion comprises original contributions from leading Platonic scholars and reflects the different ways in which they are dealing with Plato's legacy. Covers an exceptionally broad range of subjects from diverse perspectivesContributions are devoted to topics, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmologyAllows readers to see how a position advocated in one of Plato's dialogues compares with positions advocated in othersPermits readers to engage the debate concerning Plato's philosophical development on particular topicsAlso includes overviews of Plato's life, works and philosophical method.
- Contents:
- The life of Plato of Athens / Debra Nails
- Interpreting Plato / Christopher Rowe
- The Socratic problem / William J. Prior
- Form and the Platonic dialogues / Mary Margaret McCabe
- The Socratic Elenchus / Charles M. Young
- Platonic definitions and forms / R.M. Dance
- Plato's method of dialectic / Hugh H. Benson
- Socratic ignorance / Gareth B. Matthews
- Plato on recollection / Charles Kahn
- Plato : a theory of perception or a nod to sensation? / Deborah K.W. Modrak
- Knowledge and the forms in Plato / Michael Ferejohn
- The forms and the sciences in Socrates and Plato / Terry Penner
- Problems for forms / Mary Louise Gill
- The role of cosmology in Plato's philosophy / Cynthia Freeland
- Plato on language / David Sedley
- Plato and mathematics / Michael J. White
- Platonic religion / Mark L. McPherran
- The Socratic paradoxes / Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith
- The Platonic soul / Fred D. Miller, Jr.
- Plato on eros and friendship / C.D.C. Reeve
- Plato on pleasure as the human good / Gerasimos Santas
- The unity of the virtues / Daniel Devereux
- Plato on justice / David Keyt
- Plato's concept of goodness / Nicholas White
- Plato on the law / Susan Suavé Meyer
- Plato and the arts / Christopher Janaway
- Learning about Plato from Aristotle / Christopher Shields
- Plato and Hellenistic philosophy / A.A. Long
- Plato's influence on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic philosophy / Sara Ahbel-Rappe.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610850938
- 9781782686385
- 178268638X
- 9781280850936
- 1280850930
- 9781405164276
- 1405164271
- 9780470996256
- 0470996250
- 9781405178426
- 1405178426
- OCLC:
- 437178899
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