Plato, our Dear Plato!
In: Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 39-41
ISSN: 1469-2899
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In: Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 39-41
ISSN: 1469-2899
In: Cambridge Greek and Latin classics
In: Philosophy insights
In: Humanities Insights
Cover -- Copyright and Licence -- TITLE PAGE -- CONTENTS -- Dedication -- A Note on the Author -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Life and Times -- Chapter 2. Intellectual Background -- 1. Presocratic Philosophers -- 2. The Sophists -- Chapter 3. The Dialogues -- 1. Chronology of the Dialogues -- 2. Documenting the Limitations of Writing -- 3. The Neoplatonic Curriculum -- Chapter 4. Other Platonic Productions -- 1. Spuria -- 2. Dubia -- 3. Letters and Epistles -- 4. The "Unwritten Doctrines" -- Chapter 5: The Forms -- 1. Form(al) Introduction -- 2. Knowledge as Recollection -- 3. Truth and Opinion -- 4. The "Good-Beyond-Being" -- Chapter 6: God and the Soul -- 1. God -- 2. Soul -- Select Bibliography -- Humanities Insights.
In: Political thinkers, v. 9
First published in 1981, this unique study discusses the evolution of Plato's thought through the actual developments in Athenian democracy.
In: Routledge library editions. Plato Volume 9
1. Plato and the modern world -- 2. The historical background -- 3. Socrates -- 4. Plato -- 5. Plato looks at British democracy -- 6. Plato looks at British education -- 7. Plato looks at the family -- 8. Plato looks at communism -- 9. Plato looks at facism -- 10. Why Plato failed -- 11. The modern Plato once more -- 12. Epilogue.
In: Focus philosophical library
In: Political theory: an international journal of political philosophy, Band 28, Heft 3, S. 421
ISSN: 0090-5917
In: Symposion: theoretical and applied inquiries in philosophy and social sciences, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 173-213
ISSN: 2392-6260
The article demonstrates unity in Plato's thought to a degree not heretofore realized and suggests analytical links to developments in logic, metaphysics and epistemology millennia later, substantiating Whitehead's famous comment that 'the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.'
In: Blackwell-Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition
"Why Plato Wrote is the first book to be published in the prestigious Blackwell Bristol Lecture Series in Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition. In this thought-provoking text Danielle Allen eloquently argues that Plato wrote to change Athenian culture and thereby transform Athenian politics. She makes the case that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man. Allen contends that the roles of philosopher and message man were not mutually exclusive, and that Plato's pursuit of language as a vehicle for affecting cultural norms was grounded in his philosophy of language. Why Plato Wrote is a lucid and engaging commentary on Plato's philosophy of language and its relation to his political theory"--