| Agora, Academy, and the Conduct of Philosophy 1995 Edition Contributor(s): Nails, Debra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0792335430 ISBN-13: 9780792335436 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Social Science | Reference - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 184 |
| LCCN: 95009150 |
| Series: NATO Asi Series. Series C, Mathematical and Physical Science |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.56" W x 9.56" (1.32 lbs) 267 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |