Plato's Introduction of Forms (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521838016)

R.M. Dancy explains the Theory of Forms of the Phaedo and Symposium as the outgrowth of the quest for definitions canvassed in the Socratic dialogues. He, therefore, constructs a Theory of Definition for the Socratic dialogues based on the refutations of definitions in those dialogues, and shows how that theory is mirrored in the Theory of Forms. His discussion ranges in detail over a number of Plato's early and middle dialogues, and will be of interest to readers in Plato studies and in ancient philosophy more generally.

Author: R. M. Dancy
ISBN-10: 0521838010
ISBN-13: 9780521838016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2004
Pages: 364
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d