Maieusis
Essays in Ancient Philosophy in Honour of Myles Burnyeat
Published on 13. December 2007
Book
Hardback
438 pages
978-0-19-928997-4 (ISBN)
Description
Maieusis pays tribute to the highly influential work of Myles Burnyeat, whose contributions to the study of ancient philosophy have done much to enhance the profile of the subject around the world. What is distinctive about his work is his capacity to deepen our understanding of the relation between ancient and modern thought, and to combine the best of contemporary philosophy - its insights as well as its rigour - with a deep sensitivity to classical texts.
Nineteen of the world's leading experts in the field examine a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato. Topics include Socrates and the nature of philosophy, the different aspects of eros in the Symposium, Republic and Phaedrus, the Phaedo's arguments for immortality, wars and warriors in Plato, and the different aspects of the cave allegory in the Republic.
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Nineteen of the world's leading experts in the field examine a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato. Topics include Socrates and the nature of philosophy, the different aspects of eros in the Symposium, Republic and Phaedrus, the Phaedo's arguments for immortality, wars and warriors in Plato, and the different aspects of the cave allegory in the Republic.
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Reviews / Votes
This volume is a well-deserved festschrift for Myles Burnyeat. Burnyeat is one of the leading ancient philosophers of his generation: his writings have reinvigorated many old debates and opened up new ones...Superd and thought-provoking articles... They will stimulate, I am sure, much productive future research and form a fitting tribute to Myles Burnyeat. * Chris Bobonich, Polis 27:1 * This is indeed a most distinguished collection of essays, befittingly in honour of a most distinguished recipient... [an] excellent volume * John Dillon, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
819 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-928997-4 (9780199289974)
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Content
Introduction ; 1. Looking inside Charmides' cloak: seeing others and oneself in Plato's Charmides ; 2. Socrates and philosophy as a way of life ; 3. Virtue as the love of knowledge in Plato's Symposium and Republic ; 4. Equal sticks and stones ; 5. The Phaedo's final argument ; 6. Beauty of the body, nobility of soul: the pursuit of love in Plato's Symposium ; 7. Eros, philosophy, and tyranny ; 8. Virgil's sacred duo: Phaedrus's Symposium speech and Aeneid IX ; 9. Plato on war ; 10. Language in the cave ; 11. Metaspeleology ; 12. Why no Platonistic Ideas of artefacts? ; 13. Plato on what is not ; 14. The soul as an inner principle of change: the basis of Aristotle's psychological naturalism ; 15. Aristotle's De Interpretatione 8 is about ambiguity ; 16. Sextan scepticism ; 17. The wife of Philinus, or the doctors' dilemma: medical signs and cases and non- deductive inference ; 18. Self-refutation and the sorites ; 19. Ideas leap barriers: the value of historical studies to philosophy ; Bibliography of publications by Myles Burnyeat ; Index