Psychology and ontology in Plato

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Psychology and ontology in Plato

Luca Pitteloud, Evan Keeling, editors

(Philosophical studies series, v. 139)

Springer, c2019

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This edited volume brings together contributions from prominent scholars to discuss new approaches to Plato's philosophy, especially in the burgeoning fields of Platonic ontology and psychology. Topics such as the relationship between mind, soul and emotions, as well as the connection between ontology and ethics are discussed through the analyses of dialogues from Plato's middle and late periods, such as the Republic, Symposium, Theaetetus, Timaeus and Laws. These works are being increasingly studied both as precursors for Aristotelian philosophy and in their own right, and the analyses included in this volume reveal some new interpretations of topics such as Plato's attitude towards artistic imagination and the possibility of speaking of a teleology in Plato. Focusing on hot topics in the area, Psychology and Ontology in Plato provides a good sense of what is happening in Platonic scholarship worldwide and will be of interest to academic researchers and teachers interested in ancient philosophy, ontology and philosophical psychology.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Imagination for Philosophical Exercise in Plato's Republic: The Story of Gyges' ring and the Simile of the Sun.- Chapter 2. Dionysian Plato in the Symposium.- Chapter 3. Separation of Body and Soul in Plato's Phaedo: an Unprecedented Ontological Operation in the Affinity Argument.- Chapter 4. Plato and the 'Internal Dialogue': An Ancient Answer for a New Model of the Self.- Chapter 5. Pathos in the Theaetetus.- Chapter 6. The Analogy between Vice and Disease from the Republic to the Timaeus.- Chpater 7. Why is the World Soul Composed by Being, Sameness and Difference?.- Chpater 8. Can One Speak of Teleology In Plato?.- Chpater 9. Nomos: Logismos ton Epithymion. Plato's Laws and the (De)formation of Desires.

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  • NCID
    BB27731507
  • ISBN
    • 9783030046538
  • LCCN
    2018967218
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 143 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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