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Title: Plato: Phaedo by Plato, C. J. Rowe, P. E. Easterling, Philip Hardie, Richard Hunter, E. J. Kenney ISBN: 0-521-30796-1 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 16 September, 1993 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $65.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read
Comment: Plato, simply put, is the man. While he can be boring(what book isn't at sometimes boring?), he was a deep thinker . Much of Christian philosophy it based on his work. His arguments are very thought provoking. Hell, The greatest novel ever probably stole its premise from this book- for how can we know War other than as the opposite of Peace?)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Bold Movement Toward a Proof of the Soul
Comment: In his work Phaedo, Plato utilizes the character of Socrates, before his death by poison in prison, as a vehicle for establishing the existence of, and immortality of, the human soul. Though his arguments often make bold jumps that are difficult to reconcile, he does a more than admirable job of molding a logical argument for the existence of the soul, by taking on a number of possible objections to the theory, objections which are both abstract and somewhat scientific in nature. By likening the soul to the Forms, or the basic abstract properties of the universe, he argues that the soul not only must exist, but must also exist indefinitely, due to its very nature. This book is no doubt worth the read, as it provides an exceptional reflection on death and human mortality, and is a great starting point for Plutonian philosophy.
Rating: 5
Summary: for a starter
Comment: My reading in Plato begun with Parmenides. Which is pity, to think about it, since Parmenides is to this day considered to be one of the most esoteric. Contrast to Parmenides, where young Socrates stands up against this old thinker, Phaedo reveals old Socrates who now discusses things in fully down-to-earth terms. In fact, Socrates at this time is a dying one. And his tragic end is so well presented that it actually reads like a novel. Back to my point, this book is, I think, the most appropriate as a starter. Then you could trace back to Plato's more abstract discussions. Nowhere in Plato's works his conception of the idea is more clearly explained than in Phaedo. This also summarizes Plato's outlining of philosophy. A must-read.
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Title: Confessions (OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS) by Saint Augustine, Henry Chadwick ISBN: 0192833723 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: De Anima/on the Soul by Aristotle, Hugh Lawson-Tangred, Hugh Lawson-Tancred ISBN: 0140444718 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1987 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Metaphysics: Constructing a World View (Contours of Christian Philosophy) by William Hasker, C. Stephen Evans ISBN: 0877843414 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: December, 1983 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous (Contours of Christian Philosophy) by W. Jay Wood ISBN: 0877845220 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Gorgias (The Penguin Classics, L94) by Plato, Plato., Walter Hamilton ISBN: 0140440941 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: June, 1971 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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