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Explores the interplay between the dramatic form of the dialogue and the basic themes it addresses. The Statesman is among the most widely ranging of Plato's dialogues, bringing together in a single……続きを見る

An original and insightful account of nature and our place in it from one of France's preeminent historians of philosophy. One of France's preeminent historians of philosophy, Marcel Conche has writ……続きを見る

Argues that mediation is a central theme in this Platonic dialogue dedicated to the exploration of what it means to live a good life. Plato's Philebus continues to fascinate us with its reflections ……続きを見る

Describes a Platonic personal spirituality based on reason that is readily accessible to people today. Michael LaFargue presents an important and accessible aspect of Plato's legacy largely overlook……続きを見る

Collected writings on Plato's unwritten teachings. Offering a provocative alternative to the dominant approaches of Plato scholarship, the Tübingen School suggests that the dialogues do not tell the……続きを見る

Offers an innovative reading of Plato, analyzing his metaphysical, ethical, and political commitments in connection with feminist critiques. For centuries, it has been the prevailing view that in pr……続きを見る

Explores the ancient and perennial notion of the four elements as environmental ideas. Bachelard called them "the hormones of the imagination." Hegel observed that, "through the four elements we hav……続きを見る

Argues that images are at the heart of the dialogue's philosophical argumentation. Although Plato has long been known as a critic of imagination and its limits, Marina Berzins McCoy explores the ext……続きを見る

Charts the stages of the history of friendship as a philosophical concept in the Western world. Focusing on Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics and Epicureans, and early Christian and Medieval sources, ……続きを見る

Examines how Aristotle posits political philosophy and the experience of friendship as a means to bind strictly intellectural virtue with morality. In this book, Ann Ward explores Aristotle's Nicoma……続きを見る

A unique work on the underlying ontology, cosmology, and moral philosophy of the Yijing. In The Primary Way, the distinguished scholar of Chinese philosophy Chung-ying Cheng synthesizes his lifetime……続きを見る

A reading of the death of Socrates as a self-sacrifice, with implications for ideas about suffering, wisdom, and the soul's relationship to the body. In Without the Least Tremor, M. Ross Romero cons……続きを見る

Discusses the importance of the early history of Greek mathematics to education and civic life through a study of the Parthenon and dialogues of Plato. The Parthenon and Liberal Education seeks to r……続きを見る

A fresh look at Aristotle's political theory with attention to the resonance of his thought for contemporary concerns. In Endangered Excellence, Pierre Pellegrin provides a fresh interpretation of A……続きを見る

Offers an interdisciplinary investigation of affectivity in various forms of life. E-Co-Affectivity is a philosophical investigation of affectivity in various forms of life: photosynthesis and growt……続きを見る

This archive-based study of the philosophy of Leo Strauss provides in-depth interpretations of key texts and their larger theoretical contexts. 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title In this book, P……続きを見る

Provocative reinterpretation of Plato's Symposium. An original analysis of one of Plato's most well-known and pivotal dialogues, this study is based upon the effort to think together the most manife……続きを見る

A provocative close reading revealing a radical, proto-phenomenological Socrates. Winner of the 2013 Symposium Book Award, presented by the Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy Mode……続きを見る

Discusses philosophers Mencius and Aristotle as socio-ecological thinkers. Mencius (385–303/302 BCE) and Aristotle (384–322 BCE) were contemporaries, but are often understood to represent opposite e……続きを見る

Counters the long-standing, solemn interpretation of Plato's dialogues with one centered on the philosophical and pedagogical significance of Socrates as a comic figure. Plato was described as a boo……続きを見る

In the reincarnation myth in Book X of Plato’s Republic, the unnamed first soul, who has lived a good life and has been rewarded in the afterlife, chooses a new life and fate, and chooses catastroph……続きを見る

An urgent, contemporary defense of Aristotle In 1935 Edmund Husserl delivered his now famous lecture "Philosophy and the Crisis of European Humanity," in which he argued that the "misguided rational……続きを見る

Draws on Plato to argue that Homer elevated private life as the locus of true friendship and the catalyst of the highest human excellence. Offering a new, Plato-inspired reading of the Iliad and the……続きを見る

Explores Thales's speculative philosophy through a study of geometrical diagrams. Bringing together geometry and philosophy, this book undertakes a strikingly original study of the origins and signi……続きを見る

A literary and historical analysis of the structure and meaning of recurrent symbols, images, and actions employed in Plato's dialogues. In this book, Clinton DeBevoise Corcoran examines the use of ……続きを見る

Pitágoras y Platón, dotaron a la filosofía de las ideas esenciales que están en el origen de nuestra cultura, y sin las cuales ésta no existiría. Debemos considerar la filosofía antigua esencialment……続きを見る

Filosofias africanas é uma viagem ao pensamento africano pelos ganhadores do Prêmio Jabuti – Livro do ano. Num sentido amplo, o termo "filosofia" designa a busca do conhecimento iniciado quando os s……続きを見る

There is little doubt that Aristotle's Rhetoric has made a major impact on rhetoric and composition studies. This impact has not only been chronicled throughout the history of rhetoric, but has more……続きを見る

Fourth Maccabees is a superbly crafted oration that presents a case for the Jewish way of life couched almost entirely in terms of Greek ethical ideals. Its author delights in the Torah, the Law of ……続きを見る

Aduescamus a nobis remouere pompam, et usus rerum, non ornamenta, metiri. Acostumamo-nos a afastar de nós a pompa, e a apreciar as coisas por sua utilidade e não por seu ornamento. De tranquillitate……続きを見る