Plato.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 18695 |
| Format | 12.5 x 19 cm |
| Détails | 210 p. |
| Publication | Paris, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Plato (c. 428-c. 347 BC) is the proper name that marks the advent of philosophy as such. It is associated with a method—dialogue and, following it, dialectics—as well as an objective: that of founding true knowledge and right conduct on first principles. Ontology and deontology find their birth certificate here; they are a reasoned discourse required to justify itself by rigorous argumentation. Extending in a personal way the ethical lesson of Socrates, Plato's dialogues inscribe the Good in a philosophy of Ideas that questions the content of truth, the possibility of attaining it or not through science, the nature of the errors from which our wanderings derive, the thorny status of non-being. Convinced of the metaphysical foundation of all states of affairs, Plato simultaneously opens reflections on justice, the ideal city, love, beauty and pleasure, which will be so many frameworks for the moral and political philosophy to come. This book explores the coherence of Plato's construction by highlighting the power of dialogues to put the reader on the path to their theses and to open up the argumentative space of their discussion. Platonism thus shows itself in its best light, that of a philosophy in touch with reality.
Plato (c. 428-c. 347 BC) is the proper name that marks the advent of philosophy as such. It is associated with a method—dialogue and, following it, dialectics—as well as an objective: that of founding true knowledge and right conduct on first principles. Ontology and deontology find their birth certificate here; they are a reasoned discourse required to justify itself by rigorous argumentation. Extending in a personal way the ethical lesson of Socrates, Plato's dialogues inscribe the Good in a philosophy of Ideas that questions the content of truth, the possibility of attaining it or not through science, the nature of the errors from which our wanderings derive, the thorny status of non-being. Convinced of the metaphysical foundation of all states of affairs, Plato simultaneously opens reflections on justice, the ideal city, love, beauty and pleasure, which will be so many frameworks for the moral and political philosophy to come. This book explores the coherence of Plato's construction by highlighting the power of dialogues to put the reader on the path to their theses and to open up the argumentative space of their discussion. Platonism thus shows itself in its best light, that of a philosophy in touch with reality.