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Author : Plato
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Hippias Major written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Plato
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ISBN 13 : 9781936440894
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Hippias Minor Or the Art of Cunning written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Plato's most controversial dialogues, Hippias Minor details Socrates's confounding arguments that there is no difference between a person who tells the truth and one who lies, and that the good man is the one who willingly makes mistakes and does wrong and unjust things. But what if Socrates wasn't championing the act of lying-as it has been traditionally interpreted-but, rather, advocating for a novel way of understanding the power of the creative act? In this exceptional translation by Sarah Ruden, Hippias Minor is rendered anew as a provocative dialogue about how art is a form of wrongdoing, and that understanding it makes life more ethical by paradoxically teaching one to be more cunning. An introduction by artist Paul Chan situates Hippias Minor in a wider philosophical and historical context, and an essay by classicist Richard Fletcher grapples with the radical implications of this new translation in light of Chan's work and contemporary art today.
Author : Christopher Taylor
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191540390
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Socrates: A Very Short Introduction written by Christopher Taylor and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy. It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have bee unimaginably different. Yet Socrates wrote nothing himself, and our knowledge of him is derived primarily from the engaging and infuriating figure who appears in Plato's dialogues. In this book, Christopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and the Platonic character, and examines the enduring image of Socrates as the ideal exemplar of the philosophic life - a thinker whose moral and intellectual integrity permeated every detail of his life, even in the face of betrayal and execution by his fellow Athenians. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1585105058
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (851 download)
Download or read book Socrates and the Sophists written by Plato and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English translation of four of Plato’s dialogue (Protagoras, Euthydemus, Hippias Major, and Cratylus) that explores the topic of sophistry and philosophy, a key concept at the source of Western thought. Includes notes and an introductory essay. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Plato’s immediate audience.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780915145775
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (457 download)
Download or read book Two Comic Dialogues written by Plato and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together these two dialogues contain Plato's most important work on poetry and beauty.
Author : – Plato
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726627647
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Plato’s Greater Hippias written by – Plato and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hippias of Elis travels throughout the Greek world practicing and teaching the art of making beautiful speeches. On a rare visit to Athens, he meets Socrates who questions him about the nature of his art. Socrates is especially curious about how Hippias would define beauty. They agree that "beauty makes all beautiful things beautiful," but when Socrates presses him to say precisely what he means, Hippias is unable to deliver such a definition. The more Socrates probes, the more absurd the responses from Hippias become. This is one of Plato’s best comedies and one of his finest efforts at posing the philosophical problem of the difference between particular things and universal qualities. Plato lived in Athens, Greece. He wrote approximately two-dozen dialogues that explore core topics that are essential to all human beings. Although the historical Socrates was a strong influence on Plato, the character by that name that appears in many of his dialogues is a product of Plato’s fertile imagination. All of Plato’s dialogues are written in a poetic form that his student Aristotle called "Socratic dialogue." In the twentieth century, the British philosopher and logician Alfred North Whitehead characterized the entire European philosophical tradition as "a series of footnotes to Plato." Philosophy for Plato was not a set of doctrines but a goal — not the possession of wisdom but the love of wisdom. Agora Publications offers these performances based on the assumption that Plato wrote these works to be performed by actors in order to stimulate additional dialogue among those who listen to them.
Author : Plato
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (459 download)
Download or read book The Greater Hippias, a Dialogue of Plato Concerning the Beautifull (transl. by Fl. Sydenham). written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1769 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Plato
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781314827873
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (278 download)
Download or read book The Greater Hippias; a Dialogue of Plato Concerning the Beautifull... written by Plato and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Olof Pettersson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319455850
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Plato’s Protagoras written by Olof Pettersson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a thorough study and an up to date anthology of Plato’s Protagoras. International authors' papers contribute to the task of understanding how Plato introduced and negotiated a new type of intellectual practice – called philosophy – and the strategies that this involved. They explore Plato’s dialogue, looking at questions of how philosophy and sophistry relate, both on a methodological and on a thematic level. While many of the contributing authors argue for a sharp distinction between sophistry and philosophy, this is contested by others. Readers may consider the distinctions between philosophy and traditional forms of poetry and sophistry through these papers. Questions for readers' attention include: To what extent is Socrates’ preferred mode of discourse, and his short questions and answers, superior to Protagoras’ method of sophistic teaching? And why does Plato make Socrates and Protagoras reverse positions as it comes to virtue and its teachability? This book will appeal to graduates and researchers with an interest in the origins of philosophy, classical philosophy and historical philosophy.
Author : Emlyn-Jones Chris
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141914076
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Early Socratic Dialogues written by Emlyn-Jones Chris and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues provide a definitive portrait of the real Socrates and raise issues still keenly debated by philosophers, forming an incisive overview of Plato's philosophy.
Author : Plato
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Greater Hippias written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1771 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Plato
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ion written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as providing translations of these four Platonic dialogues, this work gives a detailed commentary on the major themes and central arguments of each dialogue, with particular emphasis on Protagoras.
Author : Christopher Bruell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461639735
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Download or read book On the Socratic Education written by Christopher Bruell and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2003-04-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the education which so many search for today on our college campuses be found in the works of a past author? On the Socratic Education: An Introduction to the Shorter Platonic Dialogues uncovers the education that Socrates sought on his own behalf and, in so doing, made available to others. Sixteen dialogues are discussed, each considered on its own, but also placed within the context of Plato's account of the Socratic quest. The aim of the book is to make Socrates' investigation and resolution of the questions that still concern us as human beings more accessible to serious contemporary readers.
Author : Zenon Culverhouse
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9781793611215
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Plato's Hippias Minor written by Zenon Culverhouse and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Plato's most puzzling dialogue, Hippias Minor, in detail, treating Socrates' engagement with both Homer and the sophist Hippias over human excellence as at once playful and deadly serious.
Author : Plató
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781515146100
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (461 download)
Download or read book Hippias Major written by Plató and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hippias Major (or What is Beauty? or Greater Hippias, to distinguish it from the Hippias Minor, which has the same chief character) is one of the dialogues of Plato. It belongs to the Early Dialogues, written while the author was still young. Its precise date is uncertain, although a date of c. 390 BCE has been suggested; its authenticity has been doubted. In the Hippias Major, Socrates and Hippias set out to find a definition for "beauty," but are destined to fail due to their inability to formulate an answer which encompasses the entire concept. The actual Greek term that is used in the dialogue often means fine or noble as well as beautiful. For this reason, translators such as Paul Woodruff typically translate the term as "the Fine" (things) instead of "Beauty." As in Charmides, Lysis and Euthyphro, Hippias Major has an "anatreptic" purpose, that is, the result of the dialogue is to defeat commonly held opinions, without necessarily offering a resolution. The concept of something good in and of itself (if only obliquely) makes its first appearance in this work. The dialogue can be read as much as a serious philosophical work as a light satirical comedy with two actors. The astuteness of Socrates in taking refuge under the authority of a supposed third protagonist in order to direct biting criticism at Hippias, endows the dialogue with humour.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Greater Hippias written by Plato and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Greater Hippias" is one of the dialogues of Plato in which Socrates and Hippias set out to find a definition for "beauty" but are likely to fail due to their incapacity to acquire an answer which encompasses the entire concept.
Author : Plato
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Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Plato: Cratylus. Parmenides. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias. 1926 written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
