A Study of Dialectic in Plato's Parmenides (Rereading Ancient Philosophy) - Softcover

Sanday, Eric

 
9780810134850: A Study of Dialectic in Plato's Parmenides (Rereading Ancient Philosophy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0810134853 ISBN 13: 9780810134850
Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2016

Synopsis


In this book, Eric Sanday boldly demonstrates that Plato’s “theory of forms” is true, easy to understand, and relatively intuitive. Sanday argues that our chief obstacle to understanding the theory of forms is the distorting effect of the tacit metaphysical privileging of individual things in our everyday understanding. For Plato, this privileging of things that we can own, produce, exchange, and through which we gain mastery of our surroundings is a significant obstacle to philosophical education. The dialogue’s chief philosophical work, then, is to destabilize this false privileging and, in Parmenides, to provide the initial framework for a newly oriented account of participation. Once we do this, Sanday argues, we more easily can grasp and see the truth of the theory of forms.

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About the Author


ERIC SANDAY is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Kentucky.


 

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Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0810134853
ISBN 13 
9780810134850
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240

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