Plato : the midwife's apprentice / I.M. Crombie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crombie, I. M., author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Plato.

Routledge library editions. Plato ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Plato's Theaetetus, Socrates is portrayed as a midwife to the intellect, a metaphor for his task as a dialectician as he seeks to help give birth to wisdom. Thus it is that the author refers to Plato as the midwife's apprentice. This volume represents an attempt to provide a more manageable account of the author's two volume magnum opus, An Examination of Plato's Doctrines. An accessible and lucid introduction to Plato's ideas is provided which nonetheless challenges traditional interpretations. In particular the author is concerned to offer an interpretation of the sig

Contents:

PLATO The Midwife's Apprentice; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I. Preliminaries; 2. The Traditional Picture; 3. ""Platonism"" and the Theory of Forms; 4. The Physical World; 5. Spiritual Things; 6. Perception and Knowledge; 7. Knowledge and Belief; 8. The Logic of Knowing and Believing; 9. Dialectic and the Structure of Reality; 10. The Good Life; 11. Virtue and the Pursuit of Happiness; 12. Culture and the Imagination; 13. The Good Society; 14. In Conclusion; Index

Notes:

First published in 1964 by Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-21608-1

0-203-09588-X

1-283-86574-2

1-136-21609-X

9780203095881

OCLC:

823386985