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Plato and Platonism: Plato´s Conception of Appearence and Reality in Ontology, Epistemology, and Ethnics, and its Modern Echoes
Julius Moravcsik
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Paperback. Reviews the nature and limits of Platonic interpretation. Describing Plato's conception of a rational discipline ("techne"), Moravcsik shows how the recollection theory of understanding and Plato's ethics of the human ideal, all grow out of conditions that are essential to the genuine "technai". Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Plato and Platonism reviews the natures and limits of Platonic interpretation. Students, academics and researchers will find that Moravcsik's careful and rigorous analysis offers an understanding of what Platonism in our times would have been like. The book leads us to an appreciation of genuine Platonism, rarely discussed today.
Plato and Platonism reviews the natures and limits of Platonic interpretation. Students, academics and researchers will find that Moravcsik's careful and rigorous analysis offers an understanding of what Platonism in our times would have been like. The book leads us to an appreciation of genuine Platonism, rarely discussed today.
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631222545
SKU
V9780631222545
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About Julius Moravcsik
Julius Moravcsik was educated at Harvard and Oxford and has been Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University since 1968. He was formerly president of the American Philosophical Association and the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and he is the author of three books and numerous articles on ancient Greek philosophy, philosophy of language, and various aspects of value theory.
Reviews for Plato and Platonism: Plato´s Conception of Appearence and Reality in Ontology, Epistemology, and Ethnics, and its Modern Echoes
"As a historian, one may like or dislike Moravcsik's conception of Plato's philosophy. Yet, as a philosoper, one cannot but find it provocative. His Plato is not "the Platonist" of modern ontological debates, but neither is he so removed from our present concerns that he can only be an object of antiquarian interest. It is to be hoped that the ... Read more