Plato's moral realism : the discovery of the presuppositions of ethics / / John M. Rist

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811630303321
• Autore: Rist John M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Catholic University of America Press, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 0-8132-1984-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 170.92
• Soggetti: Ethics, Ancient
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Religion, Socrates, and the Platonic Socrates""; ""2. Scrutinizing Character, Scrutinizing Moral Propositions""; ""3. The Discovery of Separate Form""; ""4. Forms and Erotic Passion""; ""5. Ethics, Psychology, and Metaphysics in the Phaedo""; ""6. The Republic: The Finished Theory of Forms?""; ""7. Reconstructions: From Parmenides to Philebus""; ""8. Gods, God, and Goodness""; ""9. Ethics and Metaphysics: Then and Now""; ""Appendix A: Republic Book Five: Some Background to Eugenic Theory""; ""Appendix B: Literature and Platonic Transcendentalism""""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""