eBook
View in EDS

Plato's Phaedo : Forms, Death, and the Philosophical Life

Bibliographic Details
Title: Plato's Phaedo : Forms, Death, and the Philosophical Life
Description: 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.
Authors: David Ebrey
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classic
Categories: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Database: eBook Index
FullText Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: edsebk
DbLabel: eBook Index
An: 3419941
RelevancyScore: 969
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 968.509704589844
IllustrationInfo
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Plato's Phaedo : Forms, Death, and the Philosophical Life
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: 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.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22David+Ebrey%22">David Ebrey</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22PHILOSOPHY+%2F+History+%26+Surveys+%2F+Ancient+%26+Classic%22">PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classic</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22PHILOSOPHY+%2F+History+%26+Surveys+%2F+Ancient+%26+Classical%22">PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=3419941
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 184
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classic
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Plato's Phaedo : Forms, Death, and the Philosophical Life
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: David Ebrey
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: David Ebrey
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2023
            – D: 09
              M: 03
              Type: profile
              Y: 2023
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781108479943
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781108847957
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Plato's Phaedo : Forms, Death, and the Philosophical Life
              Type: main
ResultId 1