Instead, the education Plato discusses, represents occurring between Socrates and his interlocutors, and hopes to achieve in his readers is one that aims to arouse the power of knowledge in us and then to begin to train that power always to engage with what is more real, rather than what is less real.
Thirdly, Plato's conception of knowledge is not the one typically presented in contemporary epistemology. It is, rather, the power of conceptualization by the use of exemplars. And finally, Plato engages this power of knowledge in the Republic in a way he represents as only a kind of second-best way to engage knowledge - and not as the best way, which would be dialectic.
Instead, Plato uses images that summon the power of knowledge to begin the process by which the power may become fully realized. How do we act for a particular end or purpose? One common answer describes humans as acting with the intention of achieving a goal.
A person selects particular actions with the thought that theseactions will lead to that goal. Andrew Payne accepts that this is one good answer to our question but proposes that it is not the only one. In Plato's Republic, Socrates appeals to a different understanding of how humans act for the sake of ends as they live together in political communities and pursue knowledge. As they carry out activities that are necessary for human flourishing, their actions can produce unintended results thatsignal the full completion of human capacities.
For example, performing the actions of a just individual can help promote the establishment of a just society as an unintended result. Such unintended results qualify as ends or purposes of human action. This volume fully explores this functionalteleology of action in Plato's Republic.
Saxonhouse, Political Theory. Plato is believed to be the pivotal figure in the development of Western philosophy, and the editors explore this throughout the book along with relations to other Greek dialogues and authors. The comprehensive collection covers Plato's social and political thought, his metaphysics and epistemology, his ethical theory, and his attitude towards women.
The essays, chosen for their clarity and ability to stimulate student discussion, are related to one another in ways that will help students see the connections among the various strands of Plato's thought. The book includes an index of passages to guide students through parts of the Republic that they find challenging.
It proposes a state organized and governed on philosophical principles and asks if goodness can exist - devoid of motive, obligation or supplication to a stronger power - solely by itself and translate into society as a whole. Although Plato is largely concerned with the definition of justice, the city-state and the just man, he also discusses a range of topics: social, moral, educational and psychological.
Considered to be one of the bedrocks of Greek philosophy, Republic has had immeasurable impact on Western thought through the ages. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
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Its range allows us to see him in action in very different settings and philosophical modes: from the elenctic Socrates of the Meno and the dialogues concerning his trial and death, to the erotic Socrates of the Symposium and Phaedrus , to the dialectician of the Republic.
Of Reeve's translation of this final masterpiece, Lloyd P. Gerson writes, "Taking full advantage of S. Slings' new Greek text of the Republic, Reeve has given us a translation both accurate and limpid.
Loving attention to detail and deep familiarity with Plato's thought are evident on every page. Reeve's brilliant decision to cast the dialogue into direct speech produces a compelling impression of immediacy unmatched by other English translations currently available.
Presents the translation of a dialogue on virtue, wisdom, and the nature of sophistic teaching. This title provides an introduction that illuminates the dialogue's perennial interest, its Athenian political background, and the particular difficulties and ironic nuances of its argument.
M J Levett's elegant translation of Theaetetus, first published in , is here revised by Myles Burnyeat to reflect contemporary standards of accuracy while retainingn the style, imagery, and idiomatic speech for which the Levett translation is unparalleled. Bernard Williams's concise introduction illuminates the powerful argument of this complex dialogue and illustrates its connections to contemporary metaphysical and epistemological concerns.
The translation is faithful in the very best sense: it reflects both the meaning and the beauty of the Greek text. The footnotes are always helpful, never obtrusive. A one-page outline is useful since there are no editorial additions to mark major divisions in the dialogue. An appendix containing fragments of early Greek love poetry helps the reader appreciate the rich, and perhaps elusive, meaning of eros.
The entire Introduction is crisply written, and the authors' erudition shines throughout, without a trace of pedantry. In the days before psychiatric drugs, Plato's friends Cratylus and Hermogenes become enmeshed in another one of his manic episodes.
A page introduction illuminates the internal dynamic of this important text and explains its place within Plato's oeuvre.
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