Plato Arg Philosophers

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection.

In Plato's Sun, Andrew Lawless takes on the challenge of creating an introductory text for philosophy, arguing that such a work has to take into account of the strangeness of the field and divulge it, rather than suppress it beneath traditional certainties and authoritative pronouncements.

The book is written for anyone seriously interested in Plato's thought and in the history of literary theory or of rhetoric. No knowledge of Greek is required. The focus of this account is on how the resources both of persuasive myth and of formal argument, for all that Plato sets them in strong contrast, nevertheless complement and reinforce each other in his philosophy.

Written in the form of debates, Great Dialogues of Plato comprises the most influential body of philosophy of the Western world—covering every subject from art and beauty to virtue and the nature of love.

This is one of the dialogues that belong to Plato's middle period. The death scene of Socrates has been presented in these pages and the dialogue is formulated accordingly. Socrates discusses the after-life with his student. He argues in favour of the immortality of soul. Thought-provoking!