Plato A Very Short Introduction
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Author | : Julia Annas |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2003-02-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 019157922X |
This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in the outer court of introduction and background information, but leads directly into Plato's argument. It looks at Plato as a thinker grappling with philosophical problems in a variety of ways, rather than a philosopher with a fully worked-out system. It includes a brief account of Plato's life and the various interpretations that have been drawn from the sparse remains of information. It stresses the importance of the founding of the Academy and the conception of philosophy as a subject. Julia Annas discusses Plato's style of writing: his use of the dialogue form, his use of what we today call fiction, and his philosophical transformation of myths. She also looks at his discussions of love and philosophy, his attitude to women, and to homosexual love, explores Plato's claim that virtue is sufficient for happiness, and touches on his arguments for the immortality of the soul and his ideas about the nature of the universe. 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 | : Julia Annas |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2003-02-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780192802163 |
This introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. It includes a brief account of Plato's life.
Author | : Julia Annas |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2000-10-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0192853570 |
Presents fundamental philosophical questions as posed by ancient philosophers, comparing and contrasting modern differences in approach and perspective.
Author | : Catherine Osborne |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2004-04-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0192840940 |
A lively and thematic treatment of early Greek philosophy, this work discusses the invention of western philosophy - the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe.
Author | : Edward Craig |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2002-02-21 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0192854216 |
Philosophy introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Aristotle, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It explains how areas of philosophy relate and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is done.
Author | : Jonathan Barnes |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2000-10-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191606553 |
The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context. 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 | : Catherine Wilson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 019968832X |
This very short introudction corrects the prevalent view of Epicureanism that often conjures up ideas of tasty delights and hedonism. Wilson explains the philosophical and scientific ideas of Epicurus and his followers and the legacy of Epicureanism on later European thought.
Author | : M. J. Inwood |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2000-10-12 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0192854100 |
This book is intended for general readers interested in history of continental philosophy; undergraduate students of modern philosophy, theology, and literary theory.
Author | : Stillman Drake |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2001-02-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0191606669 |
In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo's method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. 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 | : Tom Sorell |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2000-10-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0192854097 |
René Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured to the present day. He is perhaps best known for his statement 'Cogito, ergo sum'. By a mixture of 'intuition' and 'deduction' Descartes derived from the 'cogito' principle first the existence of a material world. But Descartes did not intend the metaphysics to stand apart from his scientific work, which included important investigations into physics, mathematics, psychology, and optics. In this book Tom Sorrell shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences. 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.