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The platonic art of philosophy

edited by George Boys-Stones, Dimitri El Murr and Christopher Gill

Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Christopher Rowe publications: p. 312-324

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a collection of essays written by leading experts in honour of Christopher Rowe, and inspired by his groundbreaking work in the exegesis of Plato. The authors represent scholarly traditions which are sometimes very different in their approaches and interests, and so rarely brought into dialogue with each other. This volume, by contrast, aims to explore synergies between them. Key topics include: the literary unity of Plato's works; the presence and role of his contemporaries in his dialogues; the function of myth (especially the Atlantis myth); Plato's Socratic heritage, especially as played out in his discussions of psychology; and his views of truth and being. Prominent among the dialogues discussed are Euthydemus, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Republic, Theaetetus, Timaeus, Sophist and Laws.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction George Boys-Stones
  • 1. Macrology and digression Monique Dixsaut
  • 2. Two conceptions of the body in Plato's Phaedrus Maria Angelica Fierro
  • 3. Socrates in the Phaedo Noburu Notomi
  • 4. Socratic intellectualism in the Republic's central digression David Sedley
  • 5. Timaeus in the cave Thomas Johansen
  • 6. Reflective commentary (1): 'Socratic' psychology in the Republic Christopher Gill
  • 7. Reflective commentary (2): appearance, reality and the desire for the good Dimitri El Murr
  • 8. Waving or drowning? Socrates and the sophists on self-knowledge in the Euthydemus M. M. McCabe
  • 9. Why was the Theaetetus written by Euclides? Michel Narcy
  • 10. The wooden horse: the Cyrenaics in the Theaetetus Ugo Zilioli
  • 11. The wax tablet, logic and Protagoreanism Terry Penner
  • 12. A form that 'is' of what 'is not': existential einai in Plato's Sophist Denis O'Brien
  • 13. Truth and story in the Timaeus-Critias Sarah Broadie
  • 14. The Atlantis-poem in the Timaeus-Critias Mauro Tulli
  • 15. Friendship and justice in the Laws Malcolm Schofield.

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  • NCID
    BB14628775
  • ISBN
    • 9781107038981
  • LCCN
    2013008186
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 341 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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