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Understanding Life and Death through Plato and Socrates : Philosophy as a Confrontation with Eternity.

It fills in a gap by outlining the ways that Plato and Socrates talk about life and death. There is also a lengthy discussion of how Aristophanes responded with satirical exaggerations of their positions. This author focuses entirely on how death and eternity are integral thematic components of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weierter, Stuart
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Recovering Philosophy; Chapter 2: Reading Plato; Chapter 3: Divine Authority in Aristophanes' Clouds; Chapter 4: Piety and Prophecy in Plato's Euthoyphro; Chapter 5: Death and the Soul in Plato's Phaedo; Chapter 6: The Possibility of Philosophy; Bibliography; Index