Plato : the midwife's apprentice
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Plato : the midwife's apprentice
(Routledge library editions, . Plato ; v. 8)
Routledge, 2013, c1964
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Reprint. Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1981
Set ISBN for "Plato": 9780415591942
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In Plato's Theaetetus, Socrates is portrayed as a midwife to the intellect, a metaphor for his task as a dialectician as he seeks to help give birth to wisdom. Thus it is that the author refers to Plato as the midwife's apprentice. This volume represents an attempt to provide a more manageable account of the author's two volume magnum opus, An Examination of Plato's Doctrines. An accessible and lucid introduction to Plato's ideas is provided which nonetheless challenges traditional interpretations. In particular the author is concerned to offer an interpretation of the significance of what Plato said. The chapters are arranged by topic, for ease of comprehension.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Preliminaries 2. The Traditional Picture 3. Platonism and the Theory of Forms 4. The Physical World 5. Spiritual Things 6. Perception and Knowledge 7. Knowledge and Belief 8. The Logic of Knowing and Believing 9. Dialectic and the Structure of Reality 10. The Good Life 11. Virtue and the Pursuit of Happiness 12. Culture and the Imagination 13. The Good Society 14. In Conclusion. Index.
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