Plato and the Question of Beauty

Informationen zum Autor Drew A. Hyland Klappentext This new reading of Plato provides a serious investigation into the meaning of beauty and places it at the very heart of philosophy. Zusammenfassung Reveals the intimate connection between beauty and the philosophical life. What Plato meant by beauty is not easily characterized, this work shows that Plato ultimately gives up on the possibility of a definition. It provides a serious investigation into the meaning of beauty and places it at the very heart of philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Question of Beauty in the Hippias Major 2. The Question of Beauty in the Symposium 3. The Question of Beauty in the Phaedrus 4. The Second and Seventh Letters 5. The Critique of Rhetoric and Writing in the Phaedrus Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Drew A. Hyland, Hyland Drew a
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.2008
• EAN: 9780253219770
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21977-0
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Studies in Continental Thought; Studies in Continental Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day