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D.T.J. Bailey here offers a student-friendly guide to Plato’s dialogue Phaedo, as part of the Oxford Guides to Philosophy series. In the process of explaining the text, Bailey provides a picture of Plato’s metaphysics as revealed by the four major arguments it contains. Offering a concise discussion of Platonic forms–the abstract objects Plato famously proposed, Bailey argues that Plato was thinking carefully about names and naming throughout the construction of the Phaedo. Readers of the Symposium and the Republic, those intrigued by the figure of Socrates, and those who believe in the immortality of the Soul, will value Bailey’s expert explanation of the thematic diversity contained in the Phaedo.
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Hosszú leírás:
D.T.J. Bailey here offers a student-friendly guide to Plato’s dialogue Phaedo, as part of the Oxford Guides to Philosophy series. In the process of explaining the text, Bailey provides a picture of Plato’s metaphysics as revealed by the four major arguments it contains. Offering a concise discussion of Platonic forms–the abstract objects Plato famously proposed–Bailey argues that Plato was thinking carefully about names and naming throughout the construction of the Phaedo. Readers of the Symposium and the Republic, those intrigued by the figure of Socrates, and those who believe in the immortality of the Soul will value Bailey’s expert explanation of the thematic diversity contained in the Phaedo.
08/12/2025
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Plato and the Phaedo
The Opposition Argument (OA) 70c-72d
Wondrous Sights: Plato’s Modest Platonism
The Recollection Argument (RA) 72e-77a
A Song of Affinity (SA) 78b-80b
The Final Argument (FA) 100a-107b
