{"product_id":"plato-and-the-question-of-beauty-paperback-softback-9780253219770","title":"Plato and the Question of Beauty (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253219770","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlato and the Question of Beauty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDrew A. Hyland (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253219770\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 May 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e168 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.1 cm, 0.263 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book consists of five chapters, only three of which are directly concerned with \"the question of beauty\" (although no explanation is given of what \"the question of beauty\" might be). After a brief introduction, Smith (Trinity College) offers chapters on the question of beauty in t! he Hippias Major, the Symposium, and the Phaedrus, respectively. The next chapter discusses the Second and Seventh Letters, and their various expressions of philosophy as something lived, rather than consisting in doctrines or dogma. The final chapter focuses on the critique of rhetoric and writing in Phaedrus. No other works in which beauty is discussed receive sustained attention. Hyland emphasizes the ways in which Plato carefully embeds his discussions in an \"existential situation,\" which includes not only characterization of the participants in the dialogue, but also some dramatically relevant aspect of their actual life circumstances. Written within the Continental tradition of Platonic scholarship, this book fails to engage with most of the considerable scholarship outside of that tradition on the works it does discuss; the entire bibliography of sources cited is only barely over a single page in length. Summing Up: Not recommended. —Choice\"— N. D. Smith, Lewis and Clark College, January 2009\u003cbr\u003e \"If beauty, as Hyland shows to be the case in the dialogues, is the phenomenon most suited to awaken and energize the philosophic eros of the soul, then not only are Plato's dialogues beautiful, but so too is Hyland's new book about the dialogues, and precisely because it so clearly reveals their beauty. . . . Hyland has brought the spirit of philosophy in the dialogues to life as few others have done—and so given us a gift very much in the spirit of Plato's own. Vol. 17, No. 2, June 2010\"—\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of the Classical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A well written and forcefully argued exposition of one of the most important themes in Plato's philosophy.\"—Walter Brogan, \u003ci\u003eVillanova University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrew A. Hyland, one of Continental philosophy's keenest interpreters of Plato, takes up the question of beauty in three Platonic dialogues, the \u003ci\u003eHippias Major, Symposium,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus.\u003c\/i\u003e What Plato meant by beauty is not easily characterized, and Hyland's close readings show that Plato ultimately gives up on the possibility of a definition. Plato's failure, however, tells us something important about beauty—that it cannot be reduced to \u003ci\u003elogos.\u003c\/i\u003e Exploring questions surrounding love, memory, and ideal form, Hyland draws out the connections between beauty, the possibility of philosophy, and philosophical living. This new reading of Plato provides a serious investigation into the meaning of beauty and places it at the very heart of philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Question of Beauty in the Hippias Major\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Question of Beauty in the Symposium\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Question of Beauty in the Phaedrus\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Second and Seventh Letters\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Critique of Rhetoric and Writing in the Phaedrus\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52694233973016,"sku":"9780253219770","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/plato-and-the-question-of-beauty-paperback-softback-9780253219770","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}