The Theory of Motion in Plato's Later Dialogues

This book 1942 examines Plato's later dialogues in terms of their dependence on pre-Socratic philosophy and other aspects of ancient thought and life.

Joseph Bright Skemp (Author)

9781107699182, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 August 2013

140 pages
21.6 x 14 x 0.8 cm, 0.18 kg

Originally published in 1942, this book examines Plato's later dialogues, particularly Timaeus, in terms of their dependence on pre-Socratic philosophy and other aspects of ancient thought and life. Skemp assesses Plato's views on reality and how it could be more than his idealized Forms. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Socratic and Platonic philosophies and the circumstances of their development.

Preface
Introduction
1. Plato's later philosophy of motion
2. Ionian elements in the Timaeus
3. Antecedents of the ???????-doctrine of the Timaeus in Alcmaeon, the Pythagoreans and the medical writers
4. Antecedents of the ???????-doctrine of the Timaeus in the system of Empedocles
5. The general interpretation of the Timaeus
6. ???? and ?????? as ?????? ???????? in the Timaeus
7. The ten kinds of motion
8. The ultimate ???? ????????in Plato
Bibliography
Index of passages.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA]