A Plato Primer
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801476836 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Featuring a useful "Further Reading" section for those wishing to pursue given topics in the secondary literature, A Plato Primer is a wide-ranging and compelling analysis of the original philosophical personality shining through the body of Plato's writings.. Evans overcomes this challenge by starting from the premise that there is a core to Plato's philosophy that can be traced through the spectrum of his writings.He opens with a chapter on the Republic, Plato's major work; he then singles out a particular theme from the Republic for treatment in each of the six subsequent chapters. "Plato was more than a philosopher; he was a master of literary composition who frequently wrote in a colorful style. Plato's thoughtsubtle, versatile, and multifacetedextends over many decades of composition and many philosophical topics, making it difficult to distill. These themes, which correspond to modern philosophical categories (Knowledge, Reality, Dialectic, Value, Causality and Change, Politics), enable Evans to bring other Platonic works into his discussion. At the heart of his work there is material as definitively philosophical as anything in the most technical works in the twenty-four centuries that have followed his pioneering labors."from the IntroductionA Plato Primer introduces students and general rea
J. "There is a philosophical classiness and freshness about this book that should give it an immediate place on reading lists."C. Rowe, University of Durham
Evans was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at Queen's University Belfast from 1978 to 2007. G. D. J.
The 5-Stars Are Based on Prof Evans' Work as a Text, Not a Primer. Flatus Ohlfahrt Professor Evans died as he was finishing-up the manuscript for this book. It certainly strikes me as being the main text for a sophomore elective course on Plato in a good liberal arts college---not a primer for the casual reader wishing to learn or explore Plato and his world. For that use, I would give it 2-Stars; it is certainly not an easy read for even the well educated individual years separated from an academic environment.I give Professor Evans the benefit of experience that he would have altered the marketing focus of the work to