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The Method of Hypothesis and the Nature of Soul in Plato's Phaedo (Paperback)
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The Method of Hypothesis and the Nature of Soul in Plato's Phaedo (Paperback)
Series: Elements in Ancient Philosophy
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Loot Price R520
Discovery Miles 5 200
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This study of Plato's Phaedo promotes better understanding of its
arguments for the soul's immortality by showing how Plato intended
them, not as proofs, but as properly dialectical arguments
functioning in accordance with the method of hypothesis. Unlike the
argument for the soul's immortality in the Phaedrus, which does
seem intended as a proof, the Phaedo arguments are proceeding
toward the first principles that could serve as the basis for a
proof - the most important being an account of the soul's own
essential nature. This study attends to the substantial progress
the Phaedo makes toward such an account. It also considers
Socrates' epistemic situation in the dialogue and the problem of
whether his confidence in the face of death is misplaced if his
arguments have not been proofs before considering how the
concluding myth draws together several of the dialogue's main
themes.
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