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The Architectonic of Philosophy The Architectonic of Philosophy Leslie Kavanaugh "Whereas the history of philosophy defines metaphysics as asking the question 'What is Being?'; here is asked 'Where is Being?' What is to be analyzed is indeed part of the tradition of metaphysics t… OL10099501W
Plato on virtue and the law Plato on virtue and the law Sandrine Berges "Ancient philosophy is no longer an isolated discipline. Recent years have seen the development of a dialogue between ancient and contemporary philosophers writing on central issues in moral and poli… OL12710761W
Plato, metaphysics and the forms Plato, metaphysics and the forms Francis A. Grabowski "This book aims to set the record straight about what Plato conceives the Forms to be. The author argues that because epistemological considerations motivate Plato's ontological commitments, it is re… OL13608219W
Plato and Xenophon Apologies (Focus Philosophical Library) Plato and Xenophon Apologies (Focus Philosophical Library) Πλάτων xii, 62 p. ; 22 cm OL15100020W
Plato's "Laws" Plato's "Laws" Christopher Bobonich "Long understudied, Plato's Laws has been the object of renewed attention in the past decade, and is now considered to be his major work of political philosophy besides the Republic. In his last dial… OL15415027W
Plato and the Talmud Plato and the Talmud Jacob Howland "This innovative study sees the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem through the lens of the Platonic dialogues and the Talmud. Howland argues that these texts are animated by comparable concept… OL15444045W
Plato's Charmides Plato's Charmides Thomas M. Tuozzo "This book argues that Plato's Charmides presents a unitary but incomplete argument intended to lead its readers to substantive philosophical insights"-- "This book argues that Plato's Charmides pre… OL15941316W
Writing to Persuade Writing to Persuade Alison M. Gunn Writing To Persuade is a straightforward guide covering the basics you need to know to create a winning argument. Rather than overload the writer with information, this book provides the distillation… OL16799004W
Plato the myth maker Plato the myth maker Luc Brisson The word myth is commonly thought to mean a fictional story, but few know that Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. He also used muthos to describe the practice of making and tel… OL1699535W
De amore De amore Dr. Andrej Poleev Theory of everything. OL17881018W
An interview with Plato An interview with Plato Donald R. Moor Presents an imaginary interview with the philosopher Plato, discussing his politics, family life, philosophy, and more. OL20923492W
Essays on Plato?s Epistemology Essays on Plato?s Epistemology Franco Trabattoni Through a careful survey of several significant Platonic texts, mainly focussing on the nature of knowledge, Essays on Plato?s Epistemology offers the reader a fresh and promising approach to Plato?s… OL20928697W
Plato and Nietzsche Plato and Nietzsche Mark Anderson "It is commonly known that Nietzsche is one of Plato's primary philosophical antagonists, yet there is no full-length treatment in English of their ideas in dialogue and debate. Plato and Nietzsche i… OL23185822W
Plato and the Question of Beauty Plato and the Question of Beauty Drew A. Hyland Studies in Continental Thought OL3500640W
The city and man The city and man Leo Strauss The City and Man consists of provocative essays by the late Leo Strauss on Aristotle's Politics, Plato's Republic, and Thucydides' Peloponnesian Wars. Together, the essays constitute a brilliant atte… OL509274W
Γοργίας Γοργίας Πλάτων There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Foll… OL51785W
CliffsNotes Plato's Republic CliffsNotes Plato's Republic Thomas R. Thornburg The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feat… OL6343726W
The Abyss Above The Abyss Above Silke-Maria Weineck "In The Abyss Above, Silke-Maria Weineck offers the first sustained discussion of the relationship between poetic madness and philosophy. Focusing on the mad poet as a key figure in what Plato called… OL8358650W
Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle (Agora Editions (Cornell University Press).) Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle (Agora Editions (Cornell University Press).) Alfarabi "This reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle contains Muhsin Mahdi's substantial original introduction and a new foreword by Charles E. Butterworth and Th… OL8382288W
Plato's Erotic Thought Plato's Erotic Thought Alfred Geier "This work is an attempt to understand the nature of the object of Eros in Plato's writings. In the first chapter certain considerations based on a passage in Plato's Symposium lead to a discovery an… OL8941604W
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