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Plato's Critique of Impure Reason
D. C. Schindler
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paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 525.
Plato’s Critique of Impure Reason offers a dramatic interpretation of the Republic, at the center of which lies a novel reading of the historical person of Socrates as the “real image” of the good. Schindler argues that a full response to the attack on reason introduced by Thrasymachus at the dialogue’s outset awaits the revelation of goodness as the cause of truth. This revelation is needed because the good is what enables the mind to know and makes things knowable. When we read Socrates’ display of the good against the horizon of the challenges posed by sophistry, otherwise disparate aspects ... Read more
Plato’s Critique of Impure Reason offers a dramatic interpretation of the Republic, at the center of which lies a novel reading of the historical person of Socrates as the “real image” of the good. Schindler argues that a full response to the attack on reason introduced by Thrasymachus at the dialogue’s outset awaits the revelation of goodness as the cause of truth. This revelation is needed because the good is what enables the mind to know and makes things knowable. When we read Socrates’ display of the good against the horizon of the challenges posed by sophistry, otherwise disparate aspects ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Catholic University America Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813228242
SKU
9780813228242
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About D. C. Schindler
D. C. Schindler is associate professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paul II Institute, Washington, DC. USA.
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