A Companion to Plato

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Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (2006)
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This broad-ranging _Companion_ comprises original contributions from leading Platonic scholars and reflects the different ways in which they are dealing with Plato’s legacy. Covers an exceptionally broad range of subjects from diverse perspectives Contributions are devoted to topics, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmology Allows readers to see how a position advocated in one of Plato’s dialogues compares with positions advocated in others Permits readers to engage the debate concerning Plato’s philosophical development on particular topics Also includes overviews of Plato’s life, works and philosophical method

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B395.C64 2009

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9781405191111   9781405115216   9780470798096   1405191112   9781405178426   1405115211
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The Life of Plato of Athens.  (pages 1–12)Debra Nails
Interpreting Plato.  (pages 13–24)Christopher Rowe
The Socratic Problem.  (pages 25–35)William J. Prior
Form and the Platonic Dialogues.  (pages 37–54)Mary Margaret McCabe
The Socratic Elenchus.  (pages 55–69)Charles M. Young
Platonic Definitions and Forms.  (pages 70–84)R. M. Dancy
Plato's Method of Dialectic.  (pages 85–99)Hugh H. Benson
Socratic Ignorance.  (pages 101–118)Gareth B. Matthews
Plato on Recollection.  (pages 119–132)Charles Kahn
Plato: A Theory of Perception or a Nod to Sensation?  (pages 133–145)Deborah K. W. Modrak
Knowledge and the Forms in Plato.  (pages 146–161)Michael Ferejohn
The Forms and the Sciences in Socrates and Plato.  (pages 163–183)Terry Penner
Forms and The Sciences in Plato.  (pages 165-183)Terry Penner
Problems for Forms.  (pages 184–198)Mary Louise Gill
The Role of Cosmology in Plato's Philosophy.  (pages 199–213)Cynthia Freeland
Plato on Language.  (pages 214–227)David Sedley
Plato and Mathematics.  (pages 228–243)Michael J. White
Platonic Religion.  (pages 244–259)Mark L. McPherran
The Socratic Paradoxes.  (pages 261–277)Thomas C. Brickhouse & Nicholas D. Smith
The Platonic Soul.  (pages 278–293)Fred D. Miller
Plato on Eros and Friendship.  (pages 294–307)C. D. C. Reeve
Plato on Pleasure as the Human Good.  (pages 308–322)Gerasimos Santas
The Unity of the Virtues.  (pages 323–340)Daniel Devereux
Plato on Justice.  (pages 341–355)David Keyt
Plato's Concept of Goodness.  (pages 356–372)Nicholas White
Plato on the Law.  (pages 373–387)Susan Sauvé Meyer
Plato and the Arts.  (pages 388–400)Christopher Janaway
Learning about Plato from Aristotle.  (pages 401–417)Christopher Shields
Plato and Hellenistic Philosophy.  (pages 418–433)A. A. Long
Plato's Influence on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Philosophy.  (pages 434–451)Sara Ahbel-Rappe

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Plato.Richard Kraut - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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