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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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