| The Other Plato: The Tübingen Interpretation of Plato's Inner-Academic Teachings Contributor(s): Nikulin, Dmitri (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438444095 ISBN-13: 9781438444093 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 184 |
| LCCN: 2011050354 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 223 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offering a provocative alternative to the dominant approaches of Plato scholarship, the T bingen School suggests that the dialogues do not tell the full story of Plato's philosophical teachings. Texts and fragments by his students and their followers--most famously Aristotle's Physics--point to an "unwritten doctrine" articulated by Plato at the Academy. These unwritten teachings had a more systematic character than those presented in the dialogues, which according to this interpretation were meant to be introductory. The T bingen School reconstructs a historical, critical, and systematic account of Plato that takes into account testimony about these teachings as well as the dialogues themselves. The Other Plato collects seminal and more recent essays by leading proponents of this approach, providing a comprehensive overview of the T bingen School for English readers. |