Guardians in Action - Plato the Teacher and the Post Republic Dialogues From Timaeus to

In this book, William H. F. Altman considers the pedagogical connections behind the post-Republic dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus in the context of their Reading Order.

List of contents

Preface: Plato the Teacher and the post-Republic Dialogues

Introduction: The Guardians in Action

1 Timaeus-Critias: "A Deceptive Cosmos of Words"

2 Phaedrus as Fair Warning

3 Parmenides as Preliminary Training

4 Philebus: "As if in Battle"

5 Beginning of the End: Cratylus and Theaetetus

Bibliography

About the author

By William H. F. Altman

Summary

In this book, William H. F. Altman considers the pedagogical connections behind the post-Republic dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus in the context of their Reading Order.

Product details

• Authors: William H. F. Altman, Xxwilliam H. F. Altmanxx
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781498517881
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1788-1
• No. of pages: 497
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day