Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 341 Seiten)
ISBN:
129984216X
,
9781299842168
,
9781107418301
Content:
Collection of essays bringing diverse approaches to Plato into conversation in the spirit of its honorand, Christopher Rowe.
Content:
Cover -- The Platonic Art of Philosophy -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations and conventions -- Introduction -- Chapter one Macrology and digression -- Introduction -- Macrology and brachylogy -- Macrology and digression -- Digressive is progressive -- Chapter two Two conceptions of the body in Plato's Phaedrus -- Introduction -- The negative attitude to the mortal body in some middle dialogues -- The sōma as an 'obstacle' (empodion) in the Phaedo -- The negative attitude to physical love in the Symposium -- The positive view of the body in the Timaeus: the body as a 'vehicle'(ochēma) -- The imperishable body of the gods as a vehicle for rational activity -- The teleological conception of the mortal body of human beings -- The possible acquisition of a god-like body by philosophers -- Understanding the Phaedrus' puzzling attitude to the body -- The negative dimension: the mortal body as a 'tomb' (sēma) for the soul -- The positive dimension: the mortal body as a medium for cognitive and ethical development -- The philosopher's acquisition of a god-like kind of body in the Phaedrus -- The ideal body of the gods in the Phaedrus as the optimal vehicle for intelligent activity -- The imperishable nature of the body of the gods -- The body of the gods as a 'vehicle' of rational activity -- The gods of the Phaedrus as the heavenly bodies -- The possible acquisition of a god-like body by the philosopher -- Conclusion -- Chapter three Socrates in the Phaedo -- Re-examining Socrates in Plato -- Socrates the philosopher -- A narrative about Socrates -- Phlius -- The ideal 'philosopher' -- Philosophy of soul and form -- Practice for death -- Care for the soul -- Metaphysics as the awakening of the soul -- Chapter four Socratic intellectualism in the Republic's central digression -- Chapter five Timaeus in the cave.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1299842704
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107038981
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The platonic art of philosophy Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013 ISBN 9781107038981
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Plato v427-v347
;
Philosophie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Bibliografie
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Author information:
Gill, Christopher 1946-
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