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Plato's Dialogues - Path to Initiation (Paperback, New): Carol Dunn

Plato's Dialogues - Path to Initiation (Paperback, New)

Carol Dunn

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For millennia, hundreds of books have been written on Plato's dialogues and philosophy. In this book, Carol Dunn makes the case that the major modern scholars interpret Plato with an overwhelming focus on understanding the rational content of the dialogues, but omit or neglect the project of their purpose. Once they have mined the individual dialogues for their meaning, they neglect to share what readers can or should do with the knowledge gained from their investigations. The author makes the case that Plato is engaged not only in thinking but also, and more important, in doing-that what we do with the knowledge is crucial, because it can determine the meaning and purpose of our own life. She saw that he was not merely engaging in rational philosophical discussion, but that the dialogues of Plato, especially up to the Republic, embody the Socratic exhortation for each individual to "take care for the soul." The dialogues therefore embody both a rational philosophy and a system of spiritual/religious principles and doctrines whose purpose is to lay out-in a public forum-the path a true disciple needs to take to have a personal and direct experience of spiritual illumination, or enlightenment. This book is not just for scholars of Plato's philosophy, but for anyone who wishes to penetrate an ancient, though largely overlooked, path to initiation.

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Imprint: Steinerbooks
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2015
First published: December 2012
Authors: Carol Dunn
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-9831984-6-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > Mysticism
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > Mysticism
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LSN: 0-9831984-6-2
Barcode: 9780983198468

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