ENGLISH

Plato and his Predecessors: The Dramatisation of Reason W B

By Mary Margaret McCabe

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0521653061, 9780521653060
Open Library ID
OL7750301M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1720865 bytes)
Series
Stanford Memorial Lectures
Pages
326\326
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

Plato and his Predecessors considers how Plato represents his philosophical predecessors in a late quartet of dialogues: the Theaetetus, the Sophist, the Politicus and the Philebus. These predecessors appear in imaginary conversations; and they are refuted when they fail to defend their philosophical positions in debate. Professor McCabe argues that Plato's reflections on these conversations allow him to develop a new account of the principles of reason, and forge a fresh view of the best life--the life of the philosopher.

Similar books