Reading Platos Theaetetus

Author : Timothy D. J. Chappell
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780872207608
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Plato's Theaetetus written by Timothy D. J. Chappell and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book intersperses philosophical commentary with a new translation of the whole dialogue to present an original case for thinking that Plato's aim in the Theaetetus is to further the cause of his own anti-empiricist theory of knowledge by testing -- and destroying -- a series of empiricist theories of knowledge.

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 : Zina Giannopoulou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199695296
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato's Theaetetus as a Second Apology written by Zina Giannopoulou and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zina Giannopoulou offers a new reading of Theaetetus, Plato's most systematic examination of knowledge, alongside Apology, Socrates' speech in defence of his philosophical practice, and argues that the former text is a philosophical elaboration of the latter.

Author : Plato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
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Download or read book Plato written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Bostock
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198239307
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato's Theaetetus written by David Bostock and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1991 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Theaetetus, Plato looks afresh at a problem to which, he now realizes, he had earlier given an inadequate answer: the problem of the nature of knowledge. What Plato has to say on this question is of great interest and importance, not only to scholars of Plato, but also to philosopherswith wholly contemporary interests. This book is a sustained philosophical analysis and critique of the Theaetetus. David Bostock provides a detailed examination of Plato's arguments and the issues that they raise. He adjudicates on rival interpretations of the text, and looks at the relations between this and other works of Plato.The book does not presuppose any knowledge of Greek.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107697026
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato: Theaetetus and Sophist written by Plato and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and lively translation of two Platonic dialogues widely read and discussed by philosophers, with introduction and notes.

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 : Paul Stern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107407923
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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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 : Beatriz Bossi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110715473
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato’s ›Theaetetus‹ Revisited written by Beatriz Bossi and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book meets the need to revise the standard interpretations of an apparently aporetic dialogue, full of eloquent silences and tricky suggestions, as it explores, among many other topics, the dramatis personae, including Plato's self-references behind the scene and the role of Socrates on stage, the question of method and refutation and the way dialectics plays a part in the dialogue. More especifically, it contains a set of papers devoted to perception and Plato's criticism of Heraclitus and Protagoras. A section deals with the problem of the relation between knowledge and thinking, including the the aviary model and the possibility of error. It also emphasizes some positive contributions to the classical Platonic doctrines and his philosophy of education. The reception of the dialogue in antiquity and the medieval age closes the analysis. Representing different hermeneutical traditions, prestigious scholars engage with these issues in divergent ways, as they shed new light on a complex controversial work.

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.