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Cambridge Companions to Philosophy: The Cambridge Companion to Plato
(Edited By Richard Kraut)
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paperback. Fourteen specially-commissioned essays discuss Plato's views about knowledge, reality, mathematics, politics, ethics, love, poetry, and religion. Editor(s): Kraut, Richard. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 578 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 886. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Plato stands as the fount of our philosophical tradition, being the first Western thinker to produce a body of writing that touches upon a wide range of topics still discussed by philosophers today. In a sense he invented philosophy as a distinct subject, for although many of these topics were discussed by his intellectual predecessors and contemporaries, he was the first to bring them together by giving them a unitary treatment. This volume contains fourteen essays discussing Plato's views about knowledge, reality, mathematics, politics, ethics, love, poetry, and religion. There are also analyses of the intellectual and social background of ... Read more
Plato stands as the fount of our philosophical tradition, being the first Western thinker to produce a body of writing that touches upon a wide range of topics still discussed by philosophers today. In a sense he invented philosophy as a distinct subject, for although many of these topics were discussed by his intellectual predecessors and contemporaries, he was the first to bring them together by giving them a unitary treatment. This volume contains fourteen essays discussing Plato's views about knowledge, reality, mathematics, politics, ethics, love, poetry, and religion. There are also analyses of the intellectual and social background of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Number of Pages
578
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521436106
SKU
KSG0034311
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Reviews for Cambridge Companions to Philosophy: The Cambridge Companion to Plato
This is an unusually well coordinated composite work, with a lengthy bibliography and good index. ... The volume can be commended to the use of graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Religious Studies Review ...should prove quite useful....For its intended audience, and also their instructors, this Companion will live up to its name, and Kraut and his ... Read more