Plato's Philebus

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The Philebus is hard to reconcile with standard interpretations of Plato's philosophy and in this pioneering work Donald Davidson, seeks to take the Philebus at face value and to reassess Plato's late philosophy in the light of the results. The author maintains that the approach to ethics in the Philebus represents a considerable return to the methodology of the earlier dialogues. He emphasizes Plato's reversion to the Socratic elenchus and connects it with the startling reappearance of Socrate…

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Full title :Plato's Philebus / Donald Davidson.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Originally published in 1990 by Garland Publishing.

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Description:1 online resource (453 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781136215889, 1136215883, 9780203095850, 0203095855, 9781136215834, 1136215832, 9781136215872, 1136215875, 0415632250, 9780415632256, 1283861437, 9781283861434
DOI:10.4324/9780203095850
oclc:ocn823730287
LC Classification:B381
Dewey Decimal:184

Ch. 1. The problem (11B-12B) -- ch. 2. The art of dialectic (12B-19B) -- ch. 3. Three criteria of the good (19C-22C) -- ch. 4. The four principles of combination (23C-31B) -- ch. 5. The analysis of pleasure (31B-52C) -- ch. 6. The analysis of mind (55C-59D) -- ch. 7. The final synthesis (52C-55C; 61A-67B).

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Idea (Philosophy) Idée (Philosophie) Methodologie methodology One (The One in philosophy) Philebus (Plato) PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys Plaisir Plato Pleasure Un (L'Un en philosophie)