A Companion to Plato

Benson, Hugh H.

This broad-ranging Companion comprises original contributions from leading Platonic scholars and reflects the different ways in which they are dealing with Plato’s legacy.

• Covers an exceptionally broad range of subjects from diverse perspectives
  
  
• Contributions are devoted to topics, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmology
  
  
• Allows readers to see how a position advocated in one of Plato’s dialogues compares with positions advocated in others
  
  
• Permits readers to engage the debate concerning Plato’s philosophical development on particular topics
  
  
• Also includes overviews of Plato’s life, works and philosophical method
  

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2009-01-27

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781405191111

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Dimensions: 248.9cm x172.7cm

Pages: 496.0