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Plato and the Good: Illuminating the Darkling Vision (Philosophy of history & culture): 21 (Philosophy of History and Culture)

By Rosemary Desjardins

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2003
ISBN
9004135731, 2003065219, 9789004135734
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28695117 bytes)
Pages
260\261
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2021-10-22 12:35:43

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This book is an original interpretation of the idea of the Good that is based on the interplay between words (logoi) and dramatic action (erga) in Plato's dialogues Philebus, The Republic, Phaedrus, Euthyphro, and the Apology. Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgement Prologue Introduction PART ONE Chapter One Enigma of the Good Chapter Two The Quest: Philebus The Challenge Meeting the Challenge: Dialectic Dialectic as Generative Activity Implications of Socrates' Dialectical Method Transition: Chapter Two to Chapter Three Chapter Three The Longer Way: The Republic Plato's Divided Line Level One: eikasia The move from level one to level two Level Two: pistis The move from level two to level three Level Three: dianoia The move to level four Conclusion Transition: Chapter Three to Chapter Four Chapter Four The Good Constraints on "Taking" Criteria for Separation and Combination Better and Worse: Role of the Good The Good How is Any of This Relevant to Reality? Why, in a Lecture on the Good, might Plato have decided to talk about Mathematics? Transition: Part One to Part Two PART TWO Chapter Five The Riddle: Euthyphro and Phaedrus Piety as Service to/Participation in the ergon of the Gods The ergon of Soul in the Phaedrus Four Forms of God-given mania Transition: Chapter Five to Chapter Six Chapter Six Piety and Proteus: Euthyphro The Four Forms of Inspired mania Framework for the Four Forms of mania: Euthyphro's Would-be Accounts of Piety Conclusion Transition: Chapter Six to Chapter Seven Chapter Seven Service to the Gods: Apology Defence of Socrates: Sophist and Statesman Defence of Socrates: Apology Transition to Chapter Eight Chapter Eight Logos and Ergon: Seventh Letter The Seventh Letter's Three Ways to Knowledge The Seventh Letter's Diagōgē in Practice: The "Three Necessary Means" in the Dialogues Retrospective Chapter Nine Conclusion Select Bibliography Index Philosophy of History and Culture

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