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Plato and the Question of Beauty

By Drew A. Hyland

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0253219779, 9780253219770, 9780253000262
Open Library ID
OL10228434M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
983 kB (1006192 bytes)
Series
Studies in Continental Thought
Pages
168\169
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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