An examination of Plato's doctrines. I, Plato on man and society / I.M. Crombie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crombie, I. M., author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Plato.

Routledge library editions. Plato ; v. 6

Examination of Plato's doctrines ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ian Crombie's impressive volumes provide a comprehensive interpretation of Plato's doctrines. Volume 1 contains topics of more general interest and is mainly concerned with what Plato has to say in the fields of moral philosophy, political philosophy, the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion.

Contents:

AN EXAMINATION OF PLATO'S DOCTRINESI. Plato on Man and Society; Copyright; AN EXAMINATION OF PLATO'S DOCTRINES I. Plato on Man and Society; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introductory Notes; 1. Plato's Life and Writings; 1. Plato's life; 2. Plato's writings; 3. Dating of the dialogues; 4. Authorship of the Letters; 5. The problem of interpretation; a. The difficulties of dialogue form; b. The problem of fallacies; c. The problem of Socrates; 2. The Development of Plato's Thought; 1. Introductory; 2. Plato's picture of Heracliteanism; 3. Plato's picture of Socrates' work

4. The ontological status of physical thingsa. in the light of the scientific interpretation of flux; b. in the light of the metaphorical interpretation of flux; 5. Occupants of the status of onta; 6. Knowledge of physical things and of forms; 7. The principle of counter-inductiveness; 3. The 'Republic'; 1. Introductory; 2. Synopsis of the argument; the introductory discussion; the first book; 3. The problem re-stated; the second book; 4. The first part of Socrates' answer; a. The construction of a just city; b. Education; c. The ruling classes; d. The fourth book; the city's goodness

e. The individual's goodness6. The second part of Socrates' answer; a. Kinds of badness; the eighth book; b. The ninth book; the judgment between the lives; c. Comment on the discussion of pleasure; 7. The Coda; the tenth book; a. Attack on representational art; b. That the soul is immortal; and therefore unitary; c. The myth; 4. Politics; 1. General discussion; 2. Types of constitution; a. The Statesman; b. The Laws; 3. Social dynamics; 4. Social conditions; 5. The social contract theory of political obligation; 6. War; 5. Beauty, Art, Ideology, Rhetoric, Education; 1. Beauty and art

a. Plato's theory of sexual attractionb. Plato's accounts of beauty; 2. Art and ideology; 3. Rhetoric; 4. Education; 6. Ethics; 1. Introductory; 2. Early dialogues; a. Euthyphro; b. Charmides; c. Laches; d. Meno; e. Euthydemus; f. Lovers and Hippias Minor; 3. The question of hedonism; 4. A hedonist dialogue? The Protagoras; 5. Anti-hedonist passages in the Gorgias and the Phaedo; 6. Hedonism and anti-hedonism in the Republic; 7. Final thoughts about pleasure: the Philebus; 8. Ethical doctrines in other later dialogues; 9. Development in Plato's ethical views

10. Plato and the 'Naturalistic Fallacy'11. Plato on free-will and responsibility; 12. A criticism; 13. Republic and conclusion; 7. Philosophy of Mind; 1. Introductory; 2. Immortality in the earlier dialogues; 3. Immortality in the Phaedo; 4. The treatment of the soul in the later dialogues; a. In the Phaedrus; b. In the Laws and Epinomis; c. In the Timaeus; d. The interpretation of the treatment of the soul in the later dialogues; 5. The doctorine that the soul is tripartite; a. In general; b. In the Republic; c. In the Phaedrus; 6. Some further problems; a. The line between soma and psuchi

b. Immortality in the Symposium

Notes:

First published in 1962 by Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-21601-4

0-203-09587-1

1-283-86142-9

1-136-21602-2

9780203095874

OCLC:

823386984