Studies in Plato's Metaphysics (RLE: Plato): 2 (Routledge Library Editions: Plato) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138007676 ISBN 13: 9781138007673

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Did Plato abandon, or sharply modify, the Theory of Forms in later life? In the Phaedo, Symposium, and Republic it is generally agreed that Plato held that universals exist. But in Parmenides, he subjected that theory to criticism. If the criticism were valid, and Plato knew so, then the Parmenides marks a turning point in his thought. If, however, Plato became aware that there are radical differences in the logical behaviour of concepts, and the later dialogues are a record of his attempt to analyse those differences, then Plato’s thought can be said to have moved in a new and vitally important direction after the Parmenides. Studies in Plato’s Metaphysics brings together twenty essays by leading philosophers from the UK and the USA reflecting upon this important issue and upon the questions arising from it.

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R. E. Allen was Professor of Classics and Philosophy Emeritus at Northwestern University. His other distinguished translations of Plato's dialogues, published by Yale University Press, include "Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Gorgias, Menexenus;" "The Symposium;" "Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, Protagoras;" and "Parmenides,"

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138007676
• ISBN 13: 9781138007673
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Allen R