{"product_id":"platos-phaedo-forms-death-and-the-philosophical-life-paperback-softback-9781108790994","title":"Plato's Phaedo; Forms, Death, and the Philosophical Life (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108790994","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlato's Phaedo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eForms, Death, and the Philosophical Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive book on Plato's Phaedo that reinterprets many famous Platonic ideas, in part by situating them in their context.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Ebrey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108790994, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e362 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.523 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'This book makes several important contributions to the scholarship on Plato's Phaedo.… [It] book will be read by scholars as a commentary on the entire dialogue, since no passage is left unanalyzed. In this spirit, I enthusiastically recommend the book to anyone interested in the Phaedo.' Douglas R. Campbell, Journal of the History of Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePlato's Phaedo is a literary gem that develops many of his most famous ideas. David Ebrey's careful reinterpretation argues that the many debates about the dialogue cannot be resolved so long as we consider its passages in relative isolation from one another, separated from their intellectual background. His book shows how Plato responds to his literary, religious, scientific, and philosophical context, and argues that we can only understand the dialogue's central ideas and arguments in light of its overall structure. This approach yields new interpretations of the dialogue's key ideas, including the nature and existence of 'Platonic' forms, the existence of the soul after death, the method of hypothesis, and the contemplative ethical ideal. Moreover, this comprehensive approach shows how the characters play an integral role in the Phaedo's development and how its literary structure complements Socrates' views while making its own distinctive contribution to the dialogue's drama and ideas.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The Characters\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Phaedo as an Alternative to Tragedy and Socrates as a Poet: 57a–61c\u003cbr\u003e 3. Defense of the Desire to be Dead: 61c–69e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cebes' Challenge and the Cyclical Argument: 69e–72d\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Recollecting Argument: 72e–77d\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Kinship Argument: 77d–80d\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Return to the Defense: 80d–84b\u003cbr\u003e 8. Misology and the Soul as a Harmonia: 84c–86e, 88c–95a\u003cbr\u003e 9. Socrates' Autobiography: 95e–102a\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cebes' Objection and the Final Argument: 86e–88b, 102b–107b\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Cosmos and the Afterlife: 107c–115a\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Death Scene: 115a–118a.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAB%5D%22\"\u003eHRAB\u003c\/a\u003e], Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ethics%20\u0026amp;%20moral%20philosophy%20%5BHPQ%5D%22\"\u003eHPQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20metaphysics%20\u0026amp;%20ontology%20%5BHPJ%5D%22\"\u003eHPJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20Ancient,%20to%20c%20500%20%5BHPCA%5D%22\"\u003eHPCA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470037217560,"sku":"9781108790994","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108790994i.jpg?v=1785629129","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/platos-phaedo-forms-death-and-the-philosophical-life-paperback-softback-9781108790994","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}