Isbn: 9780259770749 - Platon (3 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book examines Plato's dialogues as a way to trace his philosophical evolution. Previous research has relied heavily on Plato's letters and other dubious sources, leading to inconsistent and improbable timelines. This book takes a novel approach, instead analyzing stylistic nuances and internal references to determine the chronological order of the dialogues. The author argues that Plato's body of work can be divided into three periods. His early dialogues served as a defense of Socrates and argued for the teachability of virtue. The middle period explored more abstract concepts like the theory of Forms, an idea that would come to define much of Plato's later work. In the final period, Plato's writing reveals a shift towards more technical and didactic language, encompassing dialogues such as Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, and Philebus. This book offers scholars and students of Platonic thought a fresh perspective on the development of Plato's ideas and the context in which they were written. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. …