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A Less Familiar Plato: From Phaedo to Philebus

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In this book, Kevin Corrigan sheds light on aspects of Plato's thought that are less familiar to contemporary readers. He reveals a Plato who believes in Forms but is not essentialist, who develops a scientific view of perception in the middle and late dialogues, and who offers positive models of art and science. Corrigan shows how Plato articulates a broader view of intelligible reality in which embodiment is affirmative and the mind-soul-body continuum has an eidetic structure, and where even failure and the imperfect are included. He also demonstrates that Plato developed an ideal, yet finely layered view of love that provided a practical guide throughout antiquity; and that the dialogues and unwritten teachings can be understood in a mutually open-ended, non-antagonistic way. Corrigan's book provides a guide to Plato in an unexpected key and poses important questions regarding imagination, divine inspiration, and Forms and the Good, among other topics.
Request Code : ZLIBIO4171504
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Year:
2023
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Language:
English
Pages:
339
ISBN 13:
9781009324885
ISBN:
9781009324885
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Religion and Platonism

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