New Essays on Plato

edited by Fritz-Gregor Herrmann

Book cover: New Essays on Plato

Extent: 240 pages

Publisher: The Classical Press of Wales

Subjects: Classical Studies, Philosophy

Series: Athens

Language: English

(Hardback) (Published)

(December 2006)

ISBN: 9781905125104

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $80.00

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(PDF) (Published)

(December 2006)

ISBN: 9781910589557

Price: $80.00

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.

Preface - Fritz-Gregor Herrmann 1. Law and justice in Plato - Richard Stalley 2. Beware of imitations: image recognition in Plato - Verity Harte 3. ousia in Plato's Phaedo - Fritz-Gregor Herrmann 4. The tripartition of the soul in Plato's Republic - Stefan Buttner 5. Happiness and the nature of the philosopher-kings - Antony Hatzistavrou 6. Appearance and belief in Theaetetus 151d-187a - Patricia Clarke 7. The argument for the reality of change and changelessness in Plato's Sophist (248e7-249d5) - Vasilis Politis 8. Plato on eternity - Andrew S. Mason 9. An Aristotelian perspective on Plato's dialogues - Stephen Halliwell Index rerum Index locorum Index verborum

  • Edited by Fritz-Gregor Herrmann