Introducing Plato A Graphic Guide

Informationen zum Autor Dave Robinson / Judy Groves Klappentext "Introducing Plato" begins by explaining how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. It provides a clear account of Plato's puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on politics, ethics and individual liberty. It offers detailed critical commentaries on all of the key doctrines of Platonism, especially the very odd theory of Forms, and concludes by revealing how Plato's philosophy stimulated the work of important modern thinkers such as Karl Popper, Martha Nussbaum, and Jacques Derrida. Zusammenfassung Explains how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. This book provides an account of Plato's puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on politics, ethics and individual liberty.

Product details

• Authors: Dave Robinson, Robinso, Groves, Judy Groves, Dav Robinson, Robinson Dave
• Assisted by: Judy Groves (Illustration), Groves Judy (Illustration)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 04.11.2010
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day
• EAN: 9781848311770
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-177-0
• Pages: 176
• Series: Introducing . . .; Introducing; Graphic Guides
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, STUDY AIDS / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Ancient Greece, MATHEMATICS / General, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction, ANF:Philosophy, Biography & Memoir, Graphic Guides: Key Figures, Graphic Guides: Philosophy & Ethics, Ancient philosophers, original philosophers