Knowledge And Politics In Platos Theaetetus

Author : Paul Stern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107407923
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Knowledge and Politics in Plato's Theaetetus written by Paul Stern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theaetetus is one of the most widely studied of any of the Platonic dialogues because its dominant theme concerns the significant philosophical question, what is knowledge? In this new interpretation of the Theaetetus, Paul Stern provides the first full-length treatment of its political character in relationship to this dominant theme. Stern argues that this approach sheds significant light on the distinctiveness of the Socratic way of life, with respect to both its initial justification and its ultimate character.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486122018
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato's Theory of Knowledge written by Plato and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two masterpieces of Plato's later period. The Theaetetus offers a systematic treatment of the question "What is knowledge?" The Sophist follows Socrates' cross-examination of a self-proclaimed true philosopher.

Author : Plato
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191507865
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theaetetus written by Plato and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What exactly is knowledge?' The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, and is acknowledged as one of Plato's finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a clever but modest student, Theaetetus, it explores one of the key issues in philosophy: what is knowledge? Though no definite answer is reached, the discussion is penetrating and wide-ranging, covering the claims of perception to be knowledge, the theory that all is in motion, and the perennially tempting idea that knowledge and truth are relative to different individuals or states. The inquirers go on to explore the connection between knowledge and true judgement, and the famous threefold definition of knowledge as justified true belief. Packed with subtle arguments, the dialogue is also a work of literary genius, with an unforgettable portrait of Socrates as a midwife of wisdom. This new edition uses the acclaimed translation by John McDowell. It includes a valuable introduction that locates the work in Plato's oeuvre, and explains some of the competing interpretations of its overall meaning. The notes elucidate Plato's arguments and draw connections within the work and with other philosophical discussions. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Anders Sorensen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004326197
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato on Democracy and Political technē written by Anders Sorensen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Plato on Democracy and Political technē Anders Dahl Sørensen offers an in-depth investigation of Plato’s discussions of democracy’s ‘epistemic potential’, arguing that this question is far more central to his political thought than is usually assumed.

Author : Plato
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500932664
Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book Theaetetus (Annotated) written by Plato and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-23 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theaetetus is one of Plato's dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge, written circa 369 BC. In this dialogue, Socrates and Theaetetus discuss three definitions of knowledge: knowledge as nothing but perception, knowledge as true judgement, and, finally, knowledge as a true judgement with an account. Each of these definitions is shown to be unsatisfactory.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Aeterna Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theaetetus written by Plato and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOME dialogues of Plato are of so various a character that their relation to the other dialogues cannot be determined with any degree of certainty. The Theaetetus, like the Parmenides, has points of similarity both with his earlier and his later writings. The perfection of style, the humour, the dramatic interest, the complexity of structure, the fertility of illustration, the shifting of the points of view, are characteristic of his best period of authorship. The vain search, the negative conclusion, the figure of the midwives, the constant profession of ignorance on the part of Socrates, also bear the stamp of the early dialogues, in which the original Socrates is not yet Platonized. Had we no other indications, we should be disposed to range the Theaetetus with the Apology and the Phaedrus, and perhaps even with the Protagoras and the Laches. Aeterna Press

Author : James M. Rhodes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587314216
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Knowledge, Sophistry, and Scientific Politics written by James M. Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Rhodes' Plato is a playwright. And a mystic. In his famous "Seventh Letter" Plato had stated that the essence of his thought couldn't be put into writing and hence he hadn't done so. This is the self-interpretation of a mystic, Rhodes concludes. But then, two eminent questions arise: Why, then, did Plato write at all? And, how have his writings--his dialogues--to be understood, that is to be read? Plato intended, Rhodes argues, to direct the souls of those who entered into his dialogues toward the Good, the sun of truth. As "truth" cannot be taught but only experienced (the mystic dimension), Plato makes the readers of his dialogues enter into the dramas--or "plays" (according to Rhodes)--that are formed by the dialogues in the mode of a most sophisticated philosophic artistry. You encounter one aporia after another, doubts heaped upon doubts, hypotheses searchingly tested. It's a purifying experience to which you are submitted in following the play, and the hope is, as Rhodes formulates. "that our souls will bring forth beautiful things by the end of the process." As befits a political philosopher, James Rhodes focuses his study on the question of political leadership. That is to say: true political leadership. The highly original response he provides is very practical. And at the same deeply congenial to the "mystical" art of Plato, the playwright. This book will be a landmark in the field of studies on Plato.

Author : Plato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781535454926
Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book Plato - Theaetetus written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theaetetus is one of Plato's dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge, written circa 369 BC. In this dialogue, Socrates and Theaetetus discuss three definitions of knowledge: knowledge as nothing but perception, knowledge as true judgement, and, finally, knowledge as a true judgement with an account. Each of these definitions is shown to be unsatisfactory.

Author : Plato
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022677306X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato's Theaetetus written by Plato and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theaetetus, the Sophist, and the Statesman are a trilogy of Platonic dialogues that show Socrates formulating his conception of philosophy as he prepares the defense for his trial. Originally published together as The Being of the Beautiful, these translations can be read separately or as a trilogy. Each includes an introduction, extensive notes, and comprehensive commentary that examines the trilogy's motifs and relationships. "Seth Benardete is one of the very few contemporary classicists who combine the highest philological competence with a subtlety and taste that approximate that of the ancients. At the same time, he as set himself the entirely modern hermeneutical task of uncovering what the ancients preferred to keep veiled, of making explicit what they indicated, and hence...of showing the naked ugliness of artificial beauty."—Stanley Rose, Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal Seth Benardete (1930-2001) was professor of classics at New York University. He was the author or translator of many books, most recently The Argument of the Action, Plato's "Laws," and Plato's "Symposium," all published by the University of Chicago Press.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781533615589
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theaetetus written by Plato and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-05 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theaetetus is one of Plato's dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge, written circa 369 BC. In this dialogue, Socrates and Theaetetus discuss three definitions of knowledge: knowledge as nothing but perception, knowledge as true judgment, and, finally, knowledge as a true judgment with an account. Each of these definitions is shown to be unsatisfactory. Socrates declares Theaetetus will have benefited from discovering what he does not know, and that he may be better able to approach the topic in the future. The conversation ends with Socrates' announcement that he has to go to court to face a criminal indictment.