Plato's Philebus

Selected Papers from the Eighth Symposium Platonicum
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-89665-479-3
Verlag: Academia

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

Reihe: International Plato Studies

This book comprises a selection of the articles delivered at the Eighth Symposium Platonicum of the International Plato Society, held in Dublin. The articles cover all the chief topics raised in the Philebus, including dialectic, the nature of pleasure, the system of first principles, and the nature of the good life. The papers represent a fine panorama of current scholarly thinking on the contents of this most interesting and significant dialogue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dillon, John

Brisson, Luc

Über Autor(innen)

Luc Brisson, Director of Research at the National Center for Scientific Research (Paris, France), has published widely on both Plato and Plotinus, including bibliographies, translations, and commentaries. He has also published numerous works on the history of philosophy and religions in Antiquity.
John Dillon is Emeritus Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin, and founder of the Dublin Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition. He was President of the International Plato Society, 2004-7. His chief works include The Middle Platonists (1977), Alcinous, The Handbook of Platonism (1993), and The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (2003).