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| Author | : Chad Jorgenson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2018-04-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107174120 |
Positively re-assesses the relationship between body and soul in Plato's later dialogues, focusing on the harmony between them.
| Author | : Chad Jorgenson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2018-04-05 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1316805638 |
In this book, Chad Jorgenson challenges the view that for Plato the good life is one of pure intellection, arguing that his last writings increasingly insist on the capacity of reason to impose measure on our emotions and pleasures. Starting from an account of the ontological, epistemological, and physiological foundations of the tripartition of the soul, he traces the increasing sophistication of Plato's thinking about the nature of pleasure and pain and his developing interest in sciences bearing on physical reality. These theoretical shifts represent a movement away from a conception of human happiness as a purification or flight of the soul from the sensible to the intelligible, as in the Phaedo, towards a focus on the harmony of the individual as a psychosomatic whole under the hegemonic power of reason.
| Author | : Chad Jorgenson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2018-04-05 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1316800520 |
In this book, Chad Jorgenson challenges the view that for Plato the good life is one of pure intellection, arguing that his last writings increasingly insist on the capacity of reason to impose measure on our emotions and pleasures. Starting from an account of the ontological, epistemological, and physiological foundations of the tripartition of the soul, he traces the increasing sophistication of Plato's thinking about the nature of pleasure and pain and his developing interest in sciences bearing on physical reality. These theoretical shifts represent a movement away from a conception of human happiness as a purification or flight of the soul from the sensible to the intelligible, as in the Phaedo, towards a focus on the harmony of the individual as a psychosomatic whole under the hegemonic power of reason.
| Author | : Rachel Barney |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2012-02-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0521899664 |
Investigates Plato's account of the tripartite soul, looking at how the theory evolved over the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus.
| Author | : Coleen P. Zoller |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 2018-07-11 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1438470835 |
For centuries, it has been the prevailing view that in prioritizing the soul, Plato ignores or even abhors the body; however, in Plato and the Body Coleen P. Zoller argues that Plato does value the body and the role it plays in philosophical life, focusing on Plato's use of Socrates as an exemplar. Zoller reveals a more refined conception of the ascetic lifestyle epitomized by Socrates in Plato's Phaedo, Symposium, Phaedrus, Gorgias, and Republic. Her interpretation illuminates why those who want to be wise and good have reason to be curious about and love the natural world and the bodies in it, and has implications for how we understand Plato's metaphysical and political commitments. This book shows the relevance of this broader understanding of Plato for work on a variety of relevant contemporary issues, including sexual morality, poverty, wealth inequality, and peace.
| Author | : John Palmer |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 122 |
| Release | : 2021-02-11 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 110894423X |
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 properly dialectical arguments functioning in accordance with the method of hypothesis. Unlike the argument for the soul's immortality in the Phaedrus, which does seem intended as a proof, the Phaedo arguments are proceeding toward the first principles that could serve as the basis for a proof - the most important being an account of the soul's own essential nature. This study attends to the substantial progress the Phaedo makes toward such an account. It also considers Socrates' epistemic situation in the dialogue and the problem of whether his confidence in the face of death is misplaced if his arguments have not been proofs before considering how the concluding myth draws together several of the dialogue's main themes.
| Author | : Andrea Nightingale |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2021-05-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108837301 |
Challenges the idea that Plato is a secular thinker, exploring the interaction of philosophy and Greek religion in the dialogues.
| Author | : Dominic J. O'Meara |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 171 |
| Release | : 2017-10-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107183278 |
This book relates Plato's cosmology to his political philosophy by means of new interpretations of his Timaeus, Statesman, and Laws.
| Author | : Marc Cortez |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 511 |
| Release | : 2011-10-20 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0567479366 |
The book explores the relationship between Christology and theological anthropology through the lens provided by the theology of Karl Barth and the mind/body discussion in contemporary philosophy of mind. It thus comprises two major sections. The first develops an understanding of Karl Barth's theological anthropology focusing on three major facets: (1) the centrality of Jesus Christ for any real understanding of human persons; (2) the resources that such a christologically determined view of human nature has for engaging in interdisciplinary discourse; and (3) the ontological implications of this approach for understanding the mind/body relationship. The second part draws on this theological foundation to consider the implications that Christological anthropology has for analyzing and assessing several prominent ways of explaining the mind/body relationship. Specifically, it interacts with two broad categories of theories: 'nonreductive' forms of physicalism and 'holistic' forms of dualism. After providing a basic summary of each, the book applies the insights gained from Barth's anthropology to ascertain the extent to which the two approaches may be considered christologically adequate.
