Of all Plato's dialogues, the Parmenides is notoriously the most difficult to interpret. Scholars of all periods have disagreed about its aims and subject matter. The interpretations have ranged from reading the dialogue as an introduction to the whole of Platonic metaphysics to seeing it as a collection of sophisticated tricks, or even as an elaborate joke. This work presents an illuminating new translation of the dialogue together with an extensive introduction and running commentary, giving a unified explanation of the Parmenides and integrating it firmly within the context...
Of all Plato's dialogues, the Parmenides is notoriously the most difficult to interpret. Scholars of all periods have disagreed about its aims ...
This volume provides a comprehensive and lively presentation of the whole range of Plato's thought, with a particular emphasis on how Plato developed his metaphysics with a view to supporting his deepest educational convictions.
This volume provides a comprehensive and lively presentation of the whole range of Plato's thought, with a particular emphasis on how Plato developed ...
This volume provides a comprehensive and lively presentation of the whole range of Plato's thought, with a particular emphasis on how Plato developed his metaphysics with a view to supporting his deepest educational convictions.
This volume provides a comprehensive and lively presentation of the whole range of Plato's thought, with a particular emphasis on how Plato developed ...