New Essays on Plato

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New Essays on Plato assembles nine original papers on the language and thought of the Athenian philosopher. The collection encompasses issues from the Apology to the Laws and includes discussions of topics in ethics, political theory, psychology, epistemology, ontology, physics and metaphysics, and ancient literary criticism. The contributions by an international team of scholars represent a spectrum of diverse traditions and approaches, and offer new solutions to a selection of specific problems. Themes include the Happiness and Nature of the Philosopher-Kings, Law and Justice, the Tripartition of the Soul, Appearance and Belief, Conditions of Recognition, Ousia or What Something Is, the Reality of Change and Changelessness, Time and Eternity, and Aristotle on Plato. CONTENTS Preface 1 Law and Justice in Plato 2 Beware of Imitations : Image Recognition in Plato 3 ΟὙσία in Plato ’s Phaedo – the meaning , usage and history of a technical term 4 The Tripartition of the Soul in plato's republic 5 Happiness and the nature of philosopher -kings 6 Appearance and belief in Theaetetus 151d–187a 7 The Argument for the Reality of Change and Changelessness in Plato ’s Sophist (248e7–249d5) 8 Why does Plato Believe in a Timeless Eternity ? 9 An Aristotelian Perspective on Plato ’s Dialogues Index rerum Index locorum Index verborum