Studies in Plato's metaphysics / edited by R. E. Allen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, Reginald E., 1931-

Series:

Routledge library editions. Plato.

Routledge library editions. Plato

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Did Plato abandon, or sharply modify, the Theory of Forms in later life? In the Phaedo, Symposium, and Republic it is generally agreed that Plato held that universals exist. But in Parmenides, he subjected that theory to criticism. If the criticism were valid, and Plato knew so, then the Parmenides marks a turning point in his thought. If, however, Plato became aware that there are radical differences in the logical behaviour of concepts, and the later dialogues are a record of his attempt to analyse those differences, then Plato's thought can be said to have move

Contents:

STUDIES IN PLATO'S METAPHYSICS; Copyright; Studies in Plato's Metaphysics; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. The Philosophical Economy of the Theory of Ideas (1936); II. Logos and Forms in Plato (1954); III. Logos and Forms in Plato: A Reply to Professor Cross (1956); IV. Participation and Predication in Plato's Middle Dialogues (1960); V. Mathematics and Dialectic in the Republic VI-VII (1932); VI. Plato's Parmendies (1939); VII. Plato's Parmendies (1959); VIII. Knowledge and Forms in Plato's Theaetetus (1957); IX. Symploke Eidon (1955)

X. Plato and the Copula : Sophist 251-9(1957)XI. Plato's Description of Division (1954); XII. The Third Man Argument in the Parmendies (1954); XIII. The Third Man Again (1956); XIV. Postscript to the Third Man : A Reply to Mr. Geach (1956); XV. A Proof in the Peri Ideon (1957); XVI. The Place of the Timaeus in Plato's Dialogues (1953); XVII. The Relation of the Timaeus to Plato's Later Dialogues (1957); XVIII. The Disorderly Motion in the Timaeus (1939); XIX. Necessity and Persuation in Plato's Timaeus (1950; XX. Plato's Thesim (1936); Index Locorum

Notes:

First published in 1965 by Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-7100-3626-4

0-203-10167-7

1-283-84724-8

1-136-23645-7

9780203101674

OCLC:

821176453