The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of research in Platonic philosophy. A central focus of his philosophical effort, Plato's psychology is of interest both in its own right and as fundamental to his metaphysical and moral theories. This anthology offers, for the first time, a collection of the best classic and recent essays on cenral topics of Plato's psychological theory, including essays on the nature of the soul, studies of the tripartite soul for which Plato argues in the Republic, and analyses of his ...
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The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of research in Platonic philosophy. A central focus of his philosophical effort, Plato's psychology is of interest both in its own right and as fundamental to his metaphysical and moral theories. This anthology offers, for the first time, a collection of the best classic and recent essays on cenral topics of Plato's psychological theory, including essays on the nature of the soul, studies of the tripartite soul for which Plato argues in the Republic, and analyses of his varied arguments for immortality. With a comprehensive introduction to the major issues of Plato's psychology and an up-to-date bibliography of work on the relevant issues, this much-needed text makes the study of Plato's psychology accessible to scholars in ancient Greek philosophy, classics, and history of psychology.
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New. 0739102567. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY-AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, WHY WAIT? --384 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. --TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction * 1 Fallacies in the Phaedo Again * 2 The Arguments in the Phaedo Concerning the Thesis That the Soul Is a Harmonia * 3 Supervenience and the Thesis That the Soul Is a Harmonia * 4 Plato's Theory of Human Motivation * 5 Plato's Analogy of Soul and State * 6 Simple Souls * 7 The Analogy of City and Soul in Plato's Republic * 8 Inside and Outside the Republic * 9 Akrasia and Agency in Plato's Laws and Republic * 10 The Soul and Immortality in Plato's Phaedo * 11 Plato's "Cyclical" Argument Recycled * 12 The Final Proof of the Immortality of the Soul in Plato's Phaedo 102a-107a * 13 A Defense of Plato's Argument for the Immortality of the Soul at Republic X 608c-611a * 14 The Argument for Immortality in Plato's Phaedrus * 15 Immortality and the Nature of the Soul in the Phaedrus * Selected Bibliography * Index * Index Locorum * About the Contributors. --DESCRIPTION: The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of research in Platonic philosophy. A central focus of his philosophical effort, Plato's psychology is of interest both in its own right and as fundamental to his metaphysical and moral theories. This anthology offers, for the first time, a collection of the best classic and recent essays on cenral topics of Plato's psychological theory, including essays on the nature of the soul, studies of the tripartite soul for which Plato argues in the "Republic", and analyses of his varied arguments for immortality. With a comprehensive introduction to the major issues of Plato's psychology and an up-to-date bibliography of work on the relevant issues, this much-needed text makes the study of Plato's psychology accessible to scholars in ancient Greek philosophy, classics, and history of psychology. --AUTHOR: Ellen Wagner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Florida. --with a bonus offer--