Agora, Academy, and the Conduct of Philosophy (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)

Agora, Academy, and the Conduct of Philosophy offers extremely careful and detailed criticisms of some of the most important assumptions scholars have brought to bear in beginning the process of (Platonic) interpretation. It goes on to offer a new way to group the dialogues, based on important facts in the lives and philosophical practices of Socrates - the main speaker in most of Plato's dialogues - and of Plato himself. Both sides of Debra Nails's arguments deserve close attention: the negative side, which exposes a great deal of diversity in a field that often claims to have achieved a consensus; and the positive side, which insists that we must attend to what we know of these philosophers' lives and practices, if we are to make a serious attempt to understand why Plato wrote the way he did, and why his writings seem to depict different philosophies and even different approaches to philosophizing. From the Preface by Nicholas D. Smith.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Philosophical Studies Series, 63
Release date:	June 1995
First published:	July 1995
Authors:	Debra Nails
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	267
Edition:	1995 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-3543-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
LSN:	0-7923-3543-0
Barcode:	9780792335436

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