Powers M. Cole

On Plato's Concept of Reason

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

AnyworkonthePlatonicconceptionofreasonhastowrestlewithafew signaldifficultiesoftheproblem.ThefirstisthatPlatohasnoexplicittheoryof 'reason'assuchinanyofhisworks.Thereis,forexample,nonotionof¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿in Plato:astrictlyandpreciselydefinedprincipleofcogitativepowerthatmakesa humanbeingtobewhatitessentiallyis.Initsplace,awideandvariedarrayof Greektermsisrenderedby'reason':¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿,and¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿allshowup, atsomepointoranother,as'reason'intranslation.Ofalloftheseitisperhaps¿¿¿¿, sometimesalsotranslated'mind',thatcomesclosesttowhatweordinarily understandbytheterm.Thissimilarity,however,isdeceptive.Theproblemwith ¿¿¿¿isthatithasitsownregisterofmeaninginthecontextofAncientGreek philosophymoregenerally,throughtheinfluenceofAnaxagoras,forwhom¿¿¿¿ wasthe¿¿¿¿¿¿¿principleofbeing1.¿¿¿¿inthePhaedo(wherePlatoisexplicitly referringtoAnaxagoras)meanssomethingquitedifferentfrom¿¿¿¿inthePhaedrus (whereitisthefacultybywhichhumanbeingsapprehendthetruthintheirjourney aroundtheheavens),andbothoftheseinstancesofusagearequitedifferentfrom themodernideaof'reason'.Broadlyspeaking,however,wecansaythatthesetwo dialoguesuse'¿¿¿¿'accordingtotwodifferent,andopposite,acceptations: 'subjective'and'objective'¿¿¿¿

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Firefly Media
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 175g
• ISBN-13: 9781805263326
• ISBN-10: 1805263323
• Artikelnr.: 68122791