The Idea of the Good in Platonic-Aristotelian Philosophy / Michael C. J. Putnam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Putnam, Michael C. J., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1995]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

One of this century's most important philosophers here focuses on Plato's Protagoras, Phaedo, Republic, and Philebus and on Aristotle's three moral treatises to show the essential continuity of Platonic and Aristotelian reflection on the nature of the good."Well translated and usefully annotated by P. Christopher Smith.... Gadamer's book exhibits a broad and grand vision as well as a great love for the Greek thinkers."-Alexander Nehemas, New York Times Book Review"The translation is highly readable. The translator's introduction and frequent annotation provide special elucidation on points of doctrinal complexity, giving ample references to other works and rival interpretations."-Choice"This book is an important addition to the steadily growing number of Gadamer's works available in English. In it, we see Gadamer at his best, that is, engaged in the practice of interpreting important texts from the philosophical tradition, and also at his most controversial.... I enthusiastically recommend this...challenging book as one that rewards all efforts to understand the important claims it makes on its readers."-Francis J. Ambrosio, International Philosophy QuarterlyHans-Georg Gadamer is professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Heidelberg. He is the author of numerous books, including two others translated by Smith: Dialogue and Dialectic: Eight Hermeneutical Studies on Plato and Hegel's Dialectic: Five Hermeneutical Studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Translator's Introduction

Preface

I The Question at Issue

II Socratic Knowing and Not-Knowing

III The Polis and Knowledge of the Good

IV The Dialectic of the Good in the Philebus

V Aristotle's Critique of the Idea of the Good

VI The Idea of Practical Philosophy

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300194364

0300194366

OCLC:

1024032573