Joseph Bright Skemp

The Theory of Motion in Plato's Later Dialogues

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9781107699182
• ISBN-10: 1107699185
• Artikelnr.: 39126777

Inhaltsangabe

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.