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Description

The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of research in Platonic philosophy. A central focus of his philosophical effort, Plato's psychology is of interest both in its own right and as fundamental to his metaphysical and moral theories. This anthology offers, for the first time, a collection of the best classic and recent essays on cenral topics of Plato's psychological theory, including essays on the nature of the soul, studies of the tripartite soul for which Plato argues in the Republic, and analyses of his varied arguments for immortality. With a comprehensive introduction to the major issues of Plato's psychology and an up-to-date bibliography of work on the relevant issues, this much-needed text makes the study of Plato's psychology accessible to scholars in ancient Greek philosophy, classics, and history of psychology.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 The Nature of the Soul
Chapter 3 Fallacies in the Phaedo Again
Chapter 4 The Arguments in the Phaedo Concerning the Thesis that the Soul is a Harmonia
Chapter 5 Supervenience and the Thesis that the Soul is a Harmonia
Part 6 The Tripartite Soul
Chapter 7 Plato's Theory of Human Motivation
Chapter 8 Plato's Analogy of Soul and State
Chapter 9 Simple Souls
Chapter 10 The Analogy of City and Soul in Plato's Republic
Chapter 11 Inside and Outside the Republic
Chapter 12 Akrasia and Agency in Plato's Laws and Republic
Part 13 Arguments for Immortality of the Soul
Chapter 14 The Soul and Immortality in Plato's Phaedo
Chapter 15 Plato's "Cyclical" Argument Recycled
Chapter 16 The Final Proof of the Immortality of the Soul in Plato's Phaedo 102a-107a
Chapter 17 A Defense of Plato's Argument for the Immortality of the Soul at Republic X 608c-611a
Chapter 18 The Argument for Immortality in Plato's Phaedrus
Chapter 19 Immortality and the Nature of the Soul in the Phaedrus

Product details

Published Sep 10 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 384
ISBN 9780739102589
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Ellen Wagner

Contributor

Richard Bett

Contributor

David Bostock

Contributor

Eric A. Brown

Contributor

John M. Cooper

Contributor

Dorothea Frede

Contributor

David Gallop

Contributor

Jonathan Lear

Contributor

C.C.W Taylor

Contributor

Cass Weller

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