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Pursuing the Good: Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato´s Republic
Douglas (Ed) Cairns
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Description for Pursuing the Good: Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato´s Republic
Hardback. This volume combines articles on the ethics, epistemology and ontology of Plato and the influence of his thinking on Aristotle and beyond. Editor(s): Cairns, Douglas; Herrmann, Fritz-Gregor; Penner, Terry. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
This volume brings together contributions from leading Plato scholars from Britain, Europe and North America on a closely defined topic central to Plato's thought and to Ancient Philosophy --Plato's Form of the Good. The importance of the collection lies in the combination and presentation in one place of a range of different approaches to the good in Plato's Republic, and different solutions to the problems posed and proposed by these approaches. The two central issues, which form an underlying thread throughout the collection, are: first whether Plato's Republic is centred on what is good for individual humans, or on some ... Read more
This volume brings together contributions from leading Plato scholars from Britain, Europe and North America on a closely defined topic central to Plato's thought and to Ancient Philosophy --Plato's Form of the Good. The importance of the collection lies in the combination and presentation in one place of a range of different approaches to the good in Plato's Republic, and different solutions to the problems posed and proposed by these approaches. The two central issues, which form an underlying thread throughout the collection, are: first whether Plato's Republic is centred on what is good for individual humans, or on some ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Edinburgh Leventis Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748628117
SKU
V9780748628117
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About Douglas (Ed) Cairns
Douglas Cairns is Professor of Classics at the University of Edinburgh. Fritz-Gregor Herrmann is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, University of Wales, Swansea. Terry Penner is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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