Plato and the divided self / edited by Rachel Barney, Tad Brennan, Charles Brittain.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge books onlinePublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (408 pages)Content type:

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computer

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9780511977831
0511977832
1280877634
9781280877636
9781139224086
1139224085
9781139217569
1139217569
9781107654273
1107654270

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Plato and the divided self.DDC classification:

128.1092 128/.1092 184

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B398.S7 P53 2012

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PHI002000

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Contents:

Introduction -- Part I: Transitions to tripartition -- Part II: Moral psychology in the Republic -- Part III: After the Republic -- Part IV: Parts of th esoul in the Platonic tradition -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General index.

Summary: "Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse - and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational' part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each shapes our agency and how they are affected by phenomena like eros and education is complicated and controversial. The essays in this book investigate how the theory evolves over the whole of Plato's work, including the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus, and how it was developed further by important Platonists such as Galen, Plutarch and Plotinus. They will be of interest to a wide audience in philosophy and classics"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse - and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational' part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each shapes our agency and how they are affected by phenomena like eros and education is complicated and controversial. The essays in this book investigate how the theory evolves over the whole of Plato's work, including the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus, and how it was developed further by important Platonists such as Galen, Plutarch and Plotinus. They will be of interest to a wide audience in philosophy and classics"-- Provided by publisher.

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