Plato and His Predecessors: The Dramatisation of Reason

ISBN-13: 9780521033794 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 328 str.

Mary Margaret McCabe

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Plato and his Predecessors considers how Plato represents his philosophical predecessors in a late quartet of dialogues: the Theaetetus, the Sophist, the Politicus and the Philebus. These predecessors appear in imaginary conversations; and they are refuted when they fail to defend their philosophical positions in debate. Professor McCabe argues that Plato's reflections on these conversations allow him to develop a new account of the principles of reason, and forge a fresh view of the best life--the life of the philosopher.