Protagoras, Philebus, and Gorgias (Great Books in Philosophy) - Softcover

Plato

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573920622 ISBN 13: 9781573920629

Verlag: Prometheus Books, 1996

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Book by Plato

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Three of Plato's most important dialogues are brought together to address vital concerns that continue to occupy serious minds today: In the Protagoras Plato attempts to answer questions about the nature of virtue and whether it is inherent to humans or a subject capable of being taught. In the Philebus he addresses the nature and content of the good and whether wisdom or pleasure is to be preferred. In the Gorgias Plato customarily applies what is learned from the previous discussions to address larger issues such as the proper functioning of society and the state and the individual's appropriate place in them.

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Is virtue teachable? What should we value as an ideal? Is pleasure or perception the highest good that ought to be the object of our lives? Three of Plato's most important dialogues are brought together in a single volume to address these concerns which continue to occupy serious minds today. In the Protagoras Plato attempts to answer questions about the nature of virtue and whether it is inherent in humans or a subject capable of being taught. In the Philebus he addresses the nature and content of the good and whether wisdom or pleasure is to be preferred. The Gorgias applies what is learned from the previous discussions to address larger issues, such as the proper functioning of society and the state and the individual's appropriate place within them.

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• Verlag: Prometheus Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1573920622
• ISBN 13: 9781573920629
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Herausgeber: Jowett Benjamin