Browsing by Subject "Dialectic"
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THE PATHOS OF KNOWLEDGE: ON THE DIALECTICAL PLAY OF UNITY AND GOODNESS IN PLATO’S STATESMAN
(2022-12-16)In Statesman, Plato stages a dialectical approach on one of his ‘unwritten doctrines,’ “that the good is one,” in the voice of his literary creation, the Eleatic Visitor. Though the dialogue begins by positing political ... -
TRUE LIES: HOMERIC ??????? AS THE POSSIBILITY AND COMPLETION OF THE RATIONAL SOUL’S SELF-CONSTITUTION IN THE SIXTH ESSAY OF PROCLUS’ COMMENTARY ON THE REPUBLIC
(2013-08-22)Proclus is part of a long exegetical tradition that understands Plato and Homer to be in agreement. The Sixth Essay of his Commentary on Plato’s Republic particularly significant because it is the only extant ancient text ...