| The Parmenides and Plato's Late Philosophy: Translation of and Commentary on the Parmenides with Interpretative Chapters on the Timaeus, the Theaetetu Contributor(s): Turnbull, Robert G. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0802042368 ISBN-13: 9780802042361 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $75.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1998 Annotation: From Antiquity, Plato's Parmenides Has Been Considered An Enigma. In This book Robert Turnbull offers a close and detailed reading of the Parmenides, using his interpretation to illuminate Plato's major late dialogues. The picture presented of Plato's later philosophy is plausible, highly interesting, and original. The basis of this picture is Turnbull's claim that Plato, in the Parmenides, abandoned the earlier Phaedo account of form-participation. In its stead, says Turnbull, Plato worked out the metaphysics of form-participation and mathematics that grounds the framework of his late philosophy. Relying on the testimony of Aristotle, Euclid, and Plotinus and rejecting most modern accounts, Turnbull finds in the Parmenides a radical departure that both clarifies and illuminates Plato's mature Pythagoreanism. There is at present no standard modern interpretation of the Parmenides or of Plato's late dialogues. This work develops a picture that could become that standard. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 184 |
| LCCN: 98171166 |
| Series: Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.42" W x 9.32" (1.08 lbs) 209 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Mediterranean |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From antiquity, Plato's Parmenides has been considered an enigma. In this book Robert Turnbull offers a translation and explanation of the Parmenides, using his interpretation to illuminate Plato's major late dialogues. Turnbull claims that in the Parmenides Plato abandoned the earlier Phaedo account of form-participation, and instead worked out the metaphysics of form-participation and mathematics that grounds the framework of his late philosophy. Relying on the testimony of Aristotle, Euclid, and Plotinus, and rejecting most modern accounts, Turnbull finds in the Parmenides a radical departure that that clarifies and illuminates Plato's mature Pythagoreanism. Until now there has been no standard modern interpretation of the Parmenides or of Plato's late dialogues. Professor Turnbull's book, with its meticulous translation and careful analysis, could well become that standard interpretation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Turnbull, Robert G.: - Robert G. Turnbull is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Ohio State University. |