Plato and His Contemporaries (RLE: Plato)
Author | : G C Field |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013-05-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781136231094 |
ISBN-13 | : 1136231099 |
Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Download or read book Plato and His Contemporaries (RLE: Plato) written by G C Field and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps understand Plato’s writings by describing the circumstances in which they were produced. The author begins with an account of Plato’s life and development and a brief analysis of some of the more difficult points arising from the criticism of Plato’s writings. The remainder of the work considers the total setting – political, literary and philosophical – in which Plato’s writings were produced. There are extensive appendices on the Platonic Epistles, Aristotle and the Theory of Ideas, and on the post-Aristotelian tradition. The result is both a lucid account of Plato himself and a comprehensive view of culture in fifth century Greece.