Plato and His Predecessors: The Dramatisation of Reason

ISBN-13: 9780521653060 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 328 str.

Mary Margaret McCabe

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'… a splendid book, sometimes difficult, never dull, attractively written, a triumph of philosophical scholarship and philosophical imagination. No student of the later Plato can afford - or could wish - to neglect it.' International Journal of Philosophy

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Opponents: 2. Measuring sincerity; 3. Missing persons; 4. Can the Heraclitean live his Heracliteanism?; Part II. Teleology: 5. Myth and its end; 6. Outwitting the cunning man; Part III. Reason and the Philosopher: 7. Tracking down the philosopher; 8. The sufficiency of reason; 9. Meeting Socrates' challenge; Bibliography; General index; Index locorum.