Plato: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

ISBN-13: 9781473601796 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 352 str.

Roy Jackson

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Plato: A Complete Introduction gives students and anyone interested in learning about this founding figure in the history of philosophy everything they need to know, all in one place. It covers key areas that all students are expected to be familiar with, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then provides added-value features like summaries of key texts, a list of important works about Plato, and lists of questions anyone might be asked in a seminar or on an exam.
The book follows a structure that mirrors the way Plato is taught in many university courses, with chapters including: "The Pre-Socratics," "Socrates," "Who Was Plato?," "Can Virtue Be Taught?," "Piety," "The Philosophical Life," "Obeying the Law of Athens," "The Soul," "Knowledge as Recollection," "The Forms," "Plato's State," "Education and Morality," "Plato and Art," "The Later Period," "Aristotle," "Plato's Great Pupil," "Neoplatonism," "Plato and Religion," and "Plato's Legacy."