The fourth volume of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek thought deals exclusively with Plato. Plato, however, so prolific a writer, so profoundly original in his thought, and so colossal an influence on the later history of philosophy, that it has not been possible to confine him to one volume. Volume IV therefore offers a general introduction to his life and writings, and covers the so-called 'early' and 'middle' periods of his philosophical development (up to and including the Republic).
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Plato, however, so prolific a writer, so profoundly original in his thought, and so colossal an influence on the later history of philosophy, that it has not been possible to confine him to one volume.
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Readable study of 1/2 the Platonic dialogs,
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This review is from: A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 4, Plato: The Man and his Dialogues: Earlier Period (Plato - The Man & His Dialogues - Earlier Period) (Paperback)
Guthrie covers all of the earlier Platonic dialogues in this volume, up to and including THE REPUBLIC. The next volume in the series (THE LATER PLATO AND THE ACADEMY) covers the rest. Each chapter covers one or two dialogues. Guthrie mentions work published by previous philosophers, and indicates where he agrees and disagrees. The book has a particular emphasis on the development of Plato's theory of the Forms and the influence of the Pythagoreans and Parmenides on Plato's thought. It's very reader-friendly yet packed with information. I can recommend both volumes to casual Plato fans.
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If Plato's Seventh Letter is genuine (a question which will be discussed in its proper place among his writings), we are in the unique position for a writer of his time of having an autobiographical document outlining the stages of his development and concentrating on his part in a historical episode, the violent course of fourth-century Syracusan politics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
direct dramatic form, empirical knack, dramatic date, unwritten doctrines, association with the body, tyrannical man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Form of the Good, Seventh Letter, Hippias Major, Plato's Socrates, Hippias Minor, Idea of the Good, Platonic Socrates, Entretiens Hardt, Form of Good, Peace of Antalcidas, Plato's Apology, Platonic Forms, Thirty Tyrants, Form of Bed, Unmoved Mover New!
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If Plato's Seventh Letter is genuine (a question which will be discussed in its proper place among his writings), we are in the unique position for a writer of his time of having an autobiographical document outlining the stages of his development and concentrating on his part in a historical episode, the violent course of fourth-century Syracusan politics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
direct dramatic form, empirical knack, dramatic date, unwritten doctrines, association with the body, tyrannical man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Form of the Good, Seventh Letter, Hippias Major, Plato's Socrates, Hippias Minor, Idea of the Good, Platonic Socrates, Entretiens Hardt, Form of Good, Peace of Antalcidas, Plato's Apology, Platonic Forms, Thirty Tyrants, Form of Bed, Unmoved Mover New!
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