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Socrates spent a lifetime analyzing ethical issues, and the "Euthyphro" finds him outside the court-house, still debating the nature of piety with an arrogant acquaintance. "The Apology" is both a robust rebuttal to the charges of impiety and corrupting young minds and a definitive defence of the philosopher's life. Later, condemned and imprisoned in the "Crito", Socrates counters the arguments of friends urging... (more)

Plato's Late Ontology: A Riddle Resolved; with a new Introduction, and the Essay "Excess and Deficiency at <i>Statesman</i> 283C-285C"

Plato's Late Ontology: A Riddle Resolved; with a new Introduction, and the Essay "Excess and Deficiency at Statesman 283C-285C"

by Kenneth M. Sayre

Prior to the publication of "Plato's Late Ontology" in 1983, there was general agreement among Plato scholars that the theses attributed to Plato in Book A of Aristotle's "Metaphysics" can not be found in the dialogues. "Plato's Late Ontology" presented a textually based argument that in fact these theses appear both in the "Philebus" and in the second part of the "Parmenides", which link the contents of these... (more)

Image and Paradigm in Plato's Sophist

by David Ambuel

The Sophist sets out to explain what the sophist does by defining his art. But the sophist has no art. Plato lays out a challenging puzzle in metaphysics, the nature of philosophy, and the imitation of philosophy that is unraveled in this new and unconventional interpretation. Here is a new translation of this important late Platonic dialogue, with a comprehensive commentary that reverses the... (more)

The Philosopher in Plato's Statesman (Nijhoff Classical Philosophy Library)

The Philosopher in Plato's Statesman (Nijhoff Classical Philosophy Library)

by Mitchell H. Miller

In the Statesman , Plato brings together--only to challenge and displace--his own crowning contributions to philosophical method, political theory, and drama. In his 1980 study, reprinted here, Mitchell Miller employs literary theory and conceptual analysis to expose the philosophical, political, and pedagogical conflict that is the underlying context of the dialogue, revealing that its chaotic variety of... (more)

Plato's Dream

by Edward, Ronny Arnold

When does life end and death begin? Is it possible, they are the same? Is death a state of nothingness or, as theorized by Philosopher Plato in the year 360 B.C., a state of sleep whereby the person experiences the consciousness of others as dreams? Plato believed a person's conscious was based on the prior conscious of others. Consciousness was an act of nature; a plan whereby one person passed their... (more)

Platonic Patterns: A Collection of Studies

Platonic Patterns: A Collection of Studies

by Holger Thesleff

Platonic Patterns is a reprint collection of many of Holger Thesleff's studies in Plato—spanning from 1967 to 2003. It includes three books, four articles and a new introduction by the author, which sets the general outline of his interpretation of Plato. Whereas much of the scholarship on Plato has tended to operate within the frame of one language and/or a single school of thought, Thesleff constructively... (more)

Republic and Other Works (International Collectors Library)

Republic and Other Works (International Collectors Library)

by Benjamin Jowett, Plato

A compilation of the essential works of Plato in one paperback volume: The Republic, The Symposium, Parmenides, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito , and Phaedo .

Parmenides, Venerable and Awesome: Proceedings of the International Symposium

Parmenides, Venerable and Awesome: Proceedings of the International Symposium

by Nestor-Luis Cordero

In October of 2007, the Universidad Nacional de San Martin (Argentina) hosted an International Symposium on the philosophy of Parmenides to celebrate the creation of the University's new Center for the Study of Ancient Philosophy. The event - co-organized by the HYELE Institute for Comparative Studies (Switzerland) and Parmenides Publishing - brought together scholars from around the world to present their latest... (more)

Plotinus, The Platonist: The Platonist

by David J. Yount

An unprecedented and comprehensive demonstration of the numerous connections between the philosophies of Plato and Plotinus, their epistemologies, metaphysics, and ethics, including the argument that if Plotinus is a mystic, so is Plato—addressing criticisms in English scholarship to this view throughout.

Selected Myths (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Selected Myths (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Plato

"Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist." We are used to thinking of myths containing lines like this simply as stories, and modern myths as made up and fictitious. For the ancient Greeks, however, a myth was unveiled reality, and for Plato, who was a myth-maker as well as a myth-teller, a myth could tell us something important about ourselves and our world. The ultimate... (more)

Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths

by Robin Waterfield

A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization—one with great resonance for American society today. Socrates’ trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. In 399 BCE, the great philosopher stood before an Athenian jury on serious charges: impiety and “subverting the young men of the city.” The picture we have of it—created by his immediate... (more)

Plato's Theatetus: [PLATOS THEATETUS]

by Joe(Editor) Plato(Author) ; Sachs

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Liddel and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon

by Liddel & Scott

Death in Venice

by Thomas Mann

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to... (more)

History Makers - Ancient Philosophers (History Makers)

History Makers - Ancient Philosophers (History Makers)

by Don Nardo

The lives, struggles, and ideas of some of the world's greatest thinkers are covered in this informative, entertaining volume. Representing the West are Democritus, Plato, and Aristotle; while the Eastern philosophers covered include Confucius, Chuang-tzu, and Buddha. (20020801)

Plato's Cratylus (Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato)

Plato's Cratylus (Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato)

by D. N. Sedley

This book presents a global reintrepretation of the Cratylus, which bears on the relationship of language to knowledge, a topic that has never ceased to be of central philosophical importance. It is designed to be accessible to anyone interested either in Plato or in the history of linguistic thought. The main text does not presuppose prior expertise in Plato or knowledge of Greek; such scholarly aspects are... (more)

Five Great Dialogues

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Dialogues. (English.)

by Hugh Tredennick, Plato

Plato's Late Ontology: A Riddle Resolved; with a new Introduction, and the Essay "Excess and Deficiency at Statesman 283C-285C"

by Kenneth M. Sayre

Image and Paradigm in Plato's Sophist

by David Ambuel

The Philosopher in Plato's Statesman (Nijhoff Classical Philosophy Library)

by Mitchell H. Miller

Plato's Dream

by Edward, Ronny Arnold

Platonic Patterns: A Collection of Studies

by Holger Thesleff

Republic and Other Works (International Collectors Library)

by Benjamin Jowett, Plato

Parmenides, Venerable and Awesome: Proceedings of the International Symposium

by Nestor-Luis Cordero

Plotinus, The Platonist: The Platonist

by David J. Yount

Selected Myths (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Plato

Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths

by Robin Waterfield

Plato's Theatetus: [PLATOS THEATETUS]

by Joe(Editor) Plato(Author) ; Sachs

Liddel and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon

by Liddel & Scott

Death in Venice

by Thomas Mann

History Makers - Ancient Philosophers (History Makers)

by Don Nardo

Plato's Cratylus (Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato)

by D. N. Sedley

Five Great Dialogues

Plato (Great Books of the Western World, Volume 7)

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by Plato