{"product_id":"plato-and-the-foundations-of-hans-joachim-kramer-9780791404348","title":"Plato and the Foundations of Metaphysics: A Work on the Theory of the Principles and Unwritten Doctrines of Plato with a Collection of the Fundamental","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about the relationship of the two traditions of Platonic interpretation -- the indirect and the direct traditions, the written dialogues and the unwritten doctrines. Kramer, who is the foremost proponent of the Tubingen School of interpretation, presents the unwritten doctrines as the crown of Plato's system and the key revealing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKramer unfolds the philosophical significance of the unwritten doctrines in their fullness. He demonstrates the hermeneutic fruitfulness of the unwritten doctrines when applied to the dialogues. He shows that the doctrines are a revival of the presocratic theory renovated and brought to a new plane through Socrates. In this way, Plato emerges as the creator of classical metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Third Part, Kramer compares the structure of Platonism, as construed by the Tubingen School, with current philosophical structures such as analytic philosophy, Hegel, phenomenology, and Heidegger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the five appendices, the most important presents English translations of the ancient testimonies on the unwritten doctrines. These include the \"self-testimonies of Plato.\" There is also a bibliography on the problem of the unwritten doctrines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans Joachim Kramer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 079140434X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791404348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Hans Joachim Kramer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448941883647,"sku":"9780791404348","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eef7f40b-8647-453c-afb8-0325e5983ff9.jpg?v=1777261273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plato-and-the-foundations-of-hans-joachim-kramer-9780791404348","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}