Description: Plato's Progeny by Melissa Lane Socrates and Plato have played crucial and dramatically changing roles in western culture. This book is framed by accounts of modern responses to Socrates and has at its centre chapters exploring the idea of Platonic origins in philosophy and of Platonic foundations for philosophical politics. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Socrates wrote nothing; Platos 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.Platos 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. Notes Succinct and clearly written modern responses to the ironies of Socratic inquiry and the idea of Platonic "origins" in society. Author Biography Melissa Lane is University Senior Lecturer in History, Associate Director of the Centre for History and Economics, and a Fellow of Kings College, University of Cambridge, UK. She is the author of Method and Politics in Platos Statesman (1998). Table of Contents Note on References and BibliographyAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. 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. ConclusionNotesFurther ReadingIndex Promotional Examines modern responses to Socrates, Socrates relation to Plato, and the idea of Platonic origins in philosophy and of Platonic foundations for philosophical politics. Long Description Socrates wrote nothing; Platos 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. This book is framed by accounts of modern responses to the trials of Socrates and the ironies of Socratic inquiry. At its centre are two chapters exploring the idea of Platonic origins in philosophy, and of Platonic foundations for philosophical politics, as these have been read by Coleridge, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Popper, and Murdoch among others. Melissa Lane argues that the search for Platonic origins is an artefact of post-modern literalism. Yet images of Socratic inquiry can still invigorate our ethics and politics. Promotional "Headline" Socrates and Plato have played crucial and dramatically changing roles in western culture. This book is framed by accounts of modern responses to Socrates and has at its centre chapters exploring the idea of Platonic origins in philosophy and of Platonic foundations for philosophical politics. Details ISBN0715628925 Author Melissa Lane Short Title PLATOS PROGENY Series Classical Inter/Faces Language English ISBN-10 0715628925 ISBN-13 9780715628928 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2001 Subtitle How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 128 Imprint Bristol Classical Press DOI 10.1604/9780715628928 UK Release Date 2001-05-24 NZ Release Date 2001-05-24 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2001-05-24 DEWEY 183.2 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2001-05-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:8423520;
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Book Title: Plato's Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind
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Author: Melissa Lane
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