Plato's Socrates
Title | Plato's Socrates PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas C. Brickhouse |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 260 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780195101119 |
Socrates, as he is portrayed in Plato's early dialogues, remains one of the most controversial figures in the history of philosophy. This book concerns six of the most vexing and often discussed features of Plato's portrayal: Socrates' methodology, epistemology, psychology, ethics, politics, and religion. Brickhouse and Smith cast new light on Plato's early dialogues by providing novel analyses of many of the doctrines and practices for which Socrates is best known. Included are discussions of Socrates' moral method, his profession of ignorance, his denial of akrasia, as well as his views about the relationship between virtue and happiness, the authority of the State, and the epistemic status of his daimonion. By revealing the many interconnections among Socrates' views on a wide variety of topics, this book demonstrates both the richness and the remarkable coherence of the philosophy of Plato's Socrates.
The Trial and Death of Socrates
Title | The Trial and Death of Socrates PDF eBook |
Author | Plato |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Total Pages | 122 |
Release | 2019-08-17 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0359861083 |
The Trial and Death of Socrates includes the four Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo.
Socrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato
Title | Socrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Peterson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 311 |
Release | 2011-03-10 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1139497979 |
In Plato's Apology, Socrates says he spent his life examining and questioning people on how best to live, while avowing that he himself knows nothing important. Elsewhere, however, for example in Plato's Republic, Plato's Socrates presents radical and grandiose theses. In this book Sandra Peterson offers a hypothesis which explains the puzzle of Socrates' two contrasting manners. She argues that the apparently confident doctrinal Socrates is in fact conducting the first step of an examination: by eliciting his interlocutors' reactions, his apparently doctrinal lectures reveal what his interlocutors believe is the best way to live. She tests her hypothesis by close reading of passages in the Theaetetus, Republic and Phaedo. Her provocative conclusion, that there is a single Socrates whose conception and practice of philosophy remain the same throughout the dialogues, will be of interest to a wide range of readers in ancient philosophy and classics.
Plato and Socrates
Title | Plato and Socrates PDF eBook |
Author | Richard McKirahan |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 634 |
Release | 2012-09-10 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0415627702 |
A comprehensive bibliography on all scholarly work that was published on Plato and Socrates during the years 1958-73. The author has sought to include all materials primarily concerned with Socrates and Plato, together with other works which make a contribution to our understanding of the two philosophers.
Plato and the Question of Beauty
Title | Plato and the Question of Beauty PDF eBook |
Author | Drew A. Hyland |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2008-05-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0253219779 |
Drew A. Hyland, one of Continental philosophy's keenest interpreters of Plato, takes up the question of beauty in three Platonic dialogues, the Hippias Major, Symposium, and Phaedrus. What Plato meant by beauty is not easily characterized, and Hyland's close readings show that Plato ultimately gives up on the possibility of a definition. Plato's failure, however, tells us something important about beauty—that it cannot be reduced to logos. Exploring questions surrounding love, memory, and ideal form, Hyland draws out the connections between beauty, the possibility of philosophy, and philosophical living. This new reading of Plato provides a serious investigation into the meaning of beauty and places it at the very heart of philosophy.
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Trial of Socrates
Title | Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Trial of Socrates PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas C. Brickhouse |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 316 |
Release | 2004-07-31 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1134729928 |
Socrates is one of the most influential philosophers in western civilisation, and Plato his most famous pupil. The Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, Crito and the death scene from the Phaedo are Plato's account of Socrates' trial and execution, and together they provide the most important depiction of Socrates' ideas. In this GuideBook, Brickhouse and Smith provide clear explanations of these texts for students coming to them for the first time. Situating the works in their historical context, the authors carefully go through each text, exploring the philosophical issues raised in an accessible way. Plato and the Trial of Socrates is the ideal introduction to both the ideas of Socrates and the work of Plato.
The Works of Plato
Title | The Works of Plato PDF eBook |
Author | Plato |
Publisher | Cosimo, Inc. |
Total Pages | 460 |
Release | 2010-08-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1616403136 |
The Works of Plato: Analysis of Plato & The Republic are original Cosimo editions of a four-volume work, translated and analyzed by Benjamin Jowett. All of the works contained within are also published as separate works, but the four-volume set has added commentary from Jowett, considered one of the best translators of Plato's works. There are three editions in the Cosimo set; Volumes I and II make up the first book, and Volumes III and IV make up the second and third books. This set is ideal for any scholar of Plato and philosophy, whether amateur or seasoned. Volume III contains Plato's works concerning questions of the soul, mortality, love, and piety. Also included are dialogues featuring Plato's beloved teacher, Socrates. Included in Volume III: Meno, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, The Symposium, and Phaedrus. One of the greatest Western philosophers who ever lived, Plato (c. 428-347 B.C.) was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. Plato was greatly influenced by Socrates' teachings, often using him as a character in scripts and plays (Socratic dialogues), which he used to demonstrate philosophical ideas. Plato's dialogues were and still are used to teach a wide range of subjects, including politics, mathematics, rhetoric, logic, and, naturally, philosophy.