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The Method of Hypothesis and the Nature of Soul in Plato's Phaedo
Language: en
Pages: 122
Authors: John Palmer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-11 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This study of Plato's Phaedo promotes better understanding of its arguments for the soul's immortality by showing how Plato intended them, not as proofs, but as
Plato's Phaedo
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: David Ebrey
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-12-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Plato's Phaedo is a literary gem that develops many of his most famous ideas. David Ebrey's careful reinterpretation argues that the many debates about the dial
Myth and Metaphysics in Plato's Phaedo
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: David A. White
Categories: Death
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Susquehanna University Press

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This study intends principally to isolate and describe the function of myth in the Phaedo in order to show its effect on the complex metaphysics developed throu
Plato's Parmenides
Language: en
Pages: 207
Authors: Samuel Scolnicov
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-07-08 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Of all Plato’s dialogues, the Parmenides is notoriously the most difficult to interpret. Scholars of all periods have disagreed about its aims and subject mat
The Embodied Soul in Plato's Later Thought
Language: en
Pages: 229
Authors: Chad Jorgenson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Positively re-assesses the relationship between body and soul in Plato's later dialogues, focusing on the harmony between them.