Plato S Fable
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Plato S Fable
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Author : Joshua Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
Plato S Fable written by Joshua Mitchell and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with Political Science categories.
This book is an exploration of Plato's Republic that bypasses arcane scholarly debates. Plato's Fable provides refreshing insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well. How, in light of these tendencies, can humankind be saved? Joshua Mitchell discusses the question in unprecedented depth by examining one of the great books of Western civilization. He draws us beyond the ancients/moderns debate, and beyond the notion that Plato's Republic is best understood as shedding light on the promise of discursive democracy. Instead, Mitchell argues, the question that ought to preoccupy us today is neither "reason" nor "discourse," but rather "imitation." To what extent is man first and foremost an "imitative" being? This, Mitchell asserts, is the subtext of the great political and foreign policy debates of our times. Plato's Fable is not simply a work of textual exegesis. It is an attempt to move debates within political theory beyond their current location. Mitchell recovers insights about the depth of the problem of mortal imitation from Plato's magnificent work, and seeks to explicate the meaning of Plato's central claim--that "only philosophy can save us."
Plato S Fable
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
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This book is an exploration of Plato's Republic that bypasses arcane scholarly debates. Plato's Fable provides refreshing insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the qu.
Socrates And Aesop
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Author : Christos A. .. Zafiropoulos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-01
Socrates And Aesop written by Christos A. .. Zafiropoulos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01 with categories.
The Fable Of Cupid And Psyche
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Author : Apuleius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Fable Of Cupid And Psyche written by Apuleius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Cupid and Psyche (Tale) categories.
This fable was extracted from the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, originally written in Latin, to which is added a poetical paraphrase on the Speech of Diotima in the Banquet of Plato; Four Hymns, etc., with an introduction, in which the meaning of the fable is unfolded. Due to the age of the original facsimile, some pages are spotty or faded. A large portion of the text is written in Old English.
Plato And The Mythic Tradition In Political Thought
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Author : Tae-Yeoun Keum
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-08
Plato And The Mythic Tradition In Political Thought written by Tae-Yeoun Keum and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-08 with Philosophy categories.
Winner of the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities Winner of the Istvan Hont Book Prize An ambitious reinterpretation and defense of Plato’s basic enterprise and influence, arguing that the power of his myths was central to the founding of philosophical rationalism. Plato’s use of myths—the Myth of Metals, the Myth of Er—sits uneasily with his canonical reputation as the inventor of rational philosophy. Since the Enlightenment, interpreters like Hegel have sought to resolve this tension by treating Plato’s myths as mere regrettable embellishments, irrelevant to his main enterprise. Others, such as Karl Popper, have railed against the deceptive power of myth, concluding that a tradition built on Platonic foundations can be neither rational nor desirable. Tae-Yeoun Keum challenges the premise underlying both of these positions. She argues that myth is neither irrelevant nor inimical to the ideal of rational progress. She tracks the influence of Plato’s dialogues through the early modern period and on to the twentieth century, showing how pivotal figures in the history of political thought—More, Bacon, Leibniz, the German Idealists, Cassirer, and others—have been inspired by Plato’s mythmaking. She finds that Plato’s followers perennially raised the possibility that there is a vital role for myth in rational political thinking.
Plato S Animals
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Author : Jeremy Bell
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2015-05-01
Plato S Animals written by Jeremy Bell and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with Philosophy categories.
“A unique and intriguing point of entry into the dialogues and a variety of concerns from metaphysics and epistemology to ethics, politics, and aesthetics.” —Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky Plato’s Animals examines the crucial role played by animal images, metaphors, allusions, and analogies in Plato’s dialogues. These fourteen lively essays demonstrate that the gadflies, snakes, stingrays, swans, dogs, horses, and other animals that populate Plato’s work are not just rhetorical embellishments. Animals are central to Plato’s understanding of the hierarchy between animals, humans, and gods and are crucial to his ideas about education, sexuality, politics, aesthetics, the afterlife, the nature of the soul, and philosophy itself. The volume includes a comprehensive annotated index to Plato’s bestiary in both Greek and English. “Plato’s Animals is a strong volume of beautifully written paeans to postmodern themes found in premodern thought.” —Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews “Shows readers of Plato that he remains significant to issues currently pursued in Continental thought and especially in relation to Derrida and Heidegger.” —Robert Metcalf, University of Colorado, Denver “Will provide fertile ground for future work in this area.” —Jill Gordon, author of Plato’s Erotic World
The Allegory Of The Cave
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-01-11
The Allegory Of The Cave written by Plato and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-11 with Philosophy, Ancient categories.
The Allegory of the Cave is a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter, in which Plato elucidates his Theory of Forms. Plato's Allegory is considered one of Western philosophy's most important metaphors.
The Fable Of Cupid And Psyche Tr By T Taylor
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Author : Lucius Apuleius
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-17
The Fable Of Cupid And Psyche Tr By T Taylor written by Lucius Apuleius and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-17 with categories.
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Aesop S Fables
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Author : Aesop
language : en
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Release Date : 1994
Aesop S Fables written by Aesop and has been published by Wordsworth Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
The Personal And The Political
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Author : Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2008
The Personal And The Political written by Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Literary Collections categories.
The Personal and the Political presents three fables written by social commentator and political thinker Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu: The Temple of Cnidus (on eros and justice), Lysimachus (on philosophy and imperial ambition), and Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate (on the limits of political ambition). This work is author W.B. Allen's response to attempts that collapse Montesquieu's analysis of modern political philosophy into a general discussion of virtue and morality by raising anew the issues of true and false happiness and pleasures. Allen maintains that Montesquieu's fables demonstrate the continuing relevance of the issue of philosophical morality, and offer a reconciliation of the tension between philosophical morality and political morality. The Personal and the Political provides a translation of each fable (with parallel French text), a brief introduction and commentaries to develop the context in which each is written and the situations that they address. Each fable is suited to introduce Montesquieu's conceptions of ancient virtues and vices, and what they contribute to modern sensibilities.