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Plato's Phaedo - Forms, Death, and the Philosophical Life (Hardcover)
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Plato's Phaedo - Forms, Death, and the Philosophical Life (Hardcover)
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Plato's Phaedo is a literary gem that develops many of his most
famous ideas. David Ebrey's careful reinterpretation argues that
the many debates about the dialogue cannot be resolved so long as
we consider its passages in relative isolation from one another,
separated from their intellectual background. His book shows how
Plato responds to his literary, religious, scientific, and
philosophical context, and argues that we can only understand the
dialogue's central ideas and arguments in light of its overall
structure. This approach yields new interpretations of the
dialogue's key ideas, including the nature and existence of
'Platonic' forms, the existence of the soul after death, the method
of hypothesis, and the contemplative ethical ideal. Moreover, this
comprehensive approach shows how the characters play an integral
role in the Phaedo's development and how its literary structure
complements Socrates' views while making its own distinctive
contribution to the dialogue's drama and ideas.
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