Flow and Flux in Plato's Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780367873189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 228 str.

Andrew J. Mason

Opis

This study argues that traditional approaches to Plato's thought, which centre on Forms and their opposition to sensible flux, leave something essential out of account. There is in Plato a notion of ‘flow’ which is distinct from material ‘flux’. It applies both to souls and concrete sensible things (including the cosmos), is compatible with rath

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Everflowing being in the Laws  2. The pursuit of flow via etymology in the Cratylus  3. The aporia at the end of the Cratylus, and the implicit reduction of flow to flux  4. Flow and the Form of Beauty in the Phaedrus  5. Flux and flow in the Timaeus  6. The problem of natural catastrophe in the late dialogues  7. Plato and the problem of natural justice  Appendix: On the relative dates of the dialogues

O autorze

Andrew J. Mason holds a PhD in Philosophy from Macquarie University, Australia. He was previously a lecturer at Griffith University and Macquarie University.