LEADER 04624nam 22006251c 450 001 9910811420303321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-0230-2 010 $a1-84966-931-7 010 $a1-4725-0229-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9781849669313 035 $a(CKB)3710000000347870 035 $a(EBL)1938189 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001472284 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11839338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001472284 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11432701 035 $a(PQKB)11153281 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1938189 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11018689 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL752484 035 $a(OCoLC)902958401 035 $a(OCoLC)652292459 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09258294 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1938189 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000347870 100 $a20150227d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlato's progeny $ehow Socrates and Plato still captivate the modern mind $fMelissa Lane 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon $cDuckworth $d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 225 1 $aClassical inter/faces 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-336-21198-9 311 $a0-7156-2892-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and index 327 $aNote on References and Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Who Was Socrates? -- 3. Plato on Forms and Foundations: the First Metaphysician? -- 4. The Political Plato: the First Totalitarian, the First Communist, the First Idealist? -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index 330 $a"Socrates wrote nothing; Plato's accounts of Socrates helped to establish western politics, ethics, and metaphysics. Both have played crucial and dramatically changing roles in western culture. In the last two centuries, the triumph of democracy has led many to side with the Athenians against a Socrates whom they were right to kill. Meanwhile the Cold War gave us polar images of Plato as both a dangerous totalitarian and an escapist intellectual. And visions of Plato have proliferated at the heart of postmodern critiques of the very idea of metaphysics and politics. Plato's Progeny begins with an account of modern responses to the trial of Socrates and the controversial question of Socrates' relation to Plato. At its centre are two chapters exploring the idea of Platonic origins in and for philosophy, and of Platonic foundations for philosophical politics. Exploring unfamiliar as well as familiar invocations of Plato, Melissa Lane argues that twentieth-century ideological battles have obscured the importance of Socratic individualism, the nature of Platonic ethics, and the value of Platonic politics. Succinct and clearly written, this is an ideal guide for everyone interested in the way philosophers are still writing footnotes to Plato."--Bloomsbury Publishing 330 8 $aSocrates wrote nothing; Plato's accounts of Socrates helped to establish western politics, ethics, and metaphysics. Both have played crucial and dramatically changing roles in western culture. In the last two centuries, the triumph of democracy has led many to side with the Athenians against a Socrates whom they were right to kill. Meanwhile the Cold War gave us polar images of Plato as both a dangerous totalitarian and an escapist intellectual. And visions of Plato have proliferated at the heart of postmodern critiques of the very idea of metaphysics and politics. Plato's Progeny begins with an account of modern responses to the trial of Socrates and the controversial question of Socrates' relation to Plato. At its centre are two chapters exploring the idea of Platonic origins in and for philosophy, and of Platonic foundations for philosophical politics. Exploring unfamiliar as well as familiar invocations of Plato, Melissa Lane argues that twentieth-century ideological battles have obscured the importance of Socratic individualism, the nature of Platonic ethics, and the value of Platonic politics. Succinct and clearly written, this is an ideal guide for everyone interested in the way philosophers are still writing footnotes to Plato. 410 0$aClassical inter/faces. 606 $2Literary studies: classical, early & medieval 676 $a184 700 $aLane$b M. S$g(Melissa S.)$0223512 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811420303321 996 $aPlato's Progeny$91676717 997 $aUNINA