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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785969703321

Autore

Findlay J. N (John Niemeyer), <1903-1987., >

Titolo

Plato : the written and unwritten doctrines / / J. N. Findlay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-52143-7

1-283-70992-9

0-203-15326-X

1-136-52144-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (498 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

184

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1974 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd"--T.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Plato; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; I.Introductory and Biographical; II. General Sketch of the Eidetic Theory and ofits Arithmetized Version; III. The Socratic Dialogues; IV. The Ideological Dialogues: The Meno, Phaedo, Symposium and Phaedrus; V. The Ideological Dialogues: The Republic; VI. The Stoicheiological Dialogues: The Cratylus,Theaetetus and Parmenides; VII. The Stoicheiological Dialogues: The Sophist, Statesman, Philebus andEpistles; VIII. Plato's Philosophy of the Concrete: The Timaeus, Critias, Lawsand Epinomis; IX. Appraisal of Platonism and its Influence

Appendix I: Translated Passages Illustrating Plato's UnwrittenDoctrinesAppendix II: Critical Note on the Views ofHarold F. Cherniss; Index

Sommario/riassunto

J.N. Findlay, distinguished scholar and acknowledged expert on Plato, argues persuasively for a new interpretation of the Platonic writings. He believes that Plato's Unwritten Doctrines were present in the background of all the great philosopher's mature written work. With the use of Aristotelian and other writings on these reported doctrines he demonstrates that they admit of an intelligible elucidation and they direct indispensable light upon the full meaning of the written Dialogues.The author emphasizes the valuable use of Platonic notions and methods by the Neoplatonists and the