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Plato's Pond - Us Edition

Author : Fred Andrews

Publisher : Kemper Conseil Publishing

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 10,1 MB

Release : 2009-07

Category : Crime scene searches

ISBN : 9076542449

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The Story What begins as an attempt to catch a stray dog quickly turns into an adventure of a lifetime for Watson, Crick and Rosa. The clever canine tricks them into entering a forgotten gateway that leads to the land of Gaia. There, they discover a wondrous world filled with majestic griffins, squabbling shell-less turtles, giant carnivorous plants and mischievous long-nosed snodlops. The three teenagers soon discover that they were summoned there to solve a crime - a crime that if they don't solve, will leave them stranded on Gaia forever. Time is critical, and they're running out of it! Conduct Science Experiments and Solve a Crime! Readers will have fun solving the crime by conducting safe, simple, science experiments, using common everyday objects. The characters in the book make science easy by describing, in detail, how to perform the experiments as well as the scientific concepts behind them. Once the reader has completed all the experiments, he or she will have enough evidence to know who-did-it. Instructions for five forensic science experiments are included in the book. Readers can also share their results online by visiting www.PlatosPond.com. The Author Fred Andrews has been creating science mysteries for television and the Internet for over 10 years. He won a New England Emmy Award for Mission Mars and was nominated for three Emmy Awards for Zoo Sleuth. Plato's Pond is his most provocative work to date, a science mystery that is written for the web-savvy youth of today. It combines the excitement of a fantasy novel with real-world science and the Internet. For ages: 9 and up Also available in British English: ISBN 9789076542324



Postmodern Platos

Author : Catherine H. Zuckert

Publisher : University of Chicago Press

Page : 366 pages

File Size : 46,23 MB

Release : 1996-06

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780226993317

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Catherine Zuckert examines the work of five key philosophical figures from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through the lens of their own decidedly postmodern readings of Plato. She argues that Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer, Strauss, and Derrida, convinced that modern rationalism had exhausted its possibilities, all turned to Plato in order to rediscover the original character of philosophy and to reconceive the Western tradition as a whole. Zuckert's artful juxtaposition of these seemingly disparate bodies of thought furnishes a synoptic view, not merely of these individual thinkers, but of the broad postmodern landscape as well. The result is a brilliantly conceived work that offers an innovative perspective on the relation between the Western philosophical tradition and the evolving postmodern enterprise.



Plato's Phaedo

Author : Plato

Publisher :

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 40,70 MB

Release : 1889

Category : Immortality

ISBN :

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Routledge Library Editions: Plato

Author : Various

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 6172 pages

File Size : 38,73 MB

Release : 2021-12-02

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1136229639

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Plato is perhaps the best known and most widely studied of all the ancient Greek philosophers. A pupil of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, his ideas have inspired and influenced scholars of nearly every era. His famous series of dialogues have become a standard part of the western philosophical canon – from the Euthyphro and Gorgias of his early period, the Republic, Phaedrus and Symposium of his middle period, to the Theaetetus and Laws of his late period.The Routledge Library Edition makes available in a single set an outstanding range of scholarship devoted to Plato’s philosophical work. Routledge Library Editions:Plato makes available in a single set an outstanding range of scholarship devoted to Plato’s philosophical work. The 21 volumes provide detailed analysis of his writings and philosophical ideas. From the classic works of Francis Cornford, G. C. Field and A.E. Taylor to more recent approaches and interpretations, this set provides libraries and scholars with a century of outstanding scholarship on this key philosopher.



An Examination of Plato's Doctrines

Author : I. M. Crombie

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 28,61 MB

Release : 2012-09-10

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0415632161

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Volume 2 deals with more technical philosophical topics, including the theory of knowledge, philosophy of nature, and the methodology of science and philosophy. Each volume is self-contained.



Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions

Author : Gabriela Roxana Carone

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 49,58 MB

Release : 2005-10-31

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1107320739

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Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times and its importance for his ethical thought has remained underexplored. By offering accounts of Timaeus, Philebus, Politicus and Laws X, the book reveals a strongly symbiotic relation between the cosmic and human sphere. It is argued that in his late period Plato presents a picture of an organic universe, endowed with structure and intrinsic value, which both urges our respect and calls for our responsible intervention. Humans are thus seen as citizens of a university that can provide a context for their flourishing even in the absence of good political institutions. The book sheds light on many intricate metaphysical issues in late Plato and brings out the close connections between his cosmology and the development of his ethics.



Understanding Plato's Republic

Author : Gerasimos Santas

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 43,48 MB

Release : 2010-02-04

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9781444320145

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Understanding Plato’s Republic is an accessible introduction to the concepts of justice that inform Plato’s Republic, elucidating the ancient philosopher's main argument that we would be better off leading just lives rather than unjust ones Provides a much needed up to date discussion of The Republic's fundamental ideas and Plato's main argument Discusses the unity and coherence of The Republic as a whole Written in a lively style, informed by over 50 years of teaching experience Reveals rich insights into a timeless classic that holds remarkable relevance to the modern world



Escaping Plato's Cave

Author : Mort Rosenblum

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 287 pages

File Size : 23,11 MB

Release : 2007-10-02

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0312364407

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Citing the devastating consequences of media misrepresentation and American ignorance of global issues, argues for the necessity of imparting real-time information about other parts of the world in order to safeguard political, environmental, and social interests.



Essays on Plato's Psychology

Author : Ellen Wagner

Publisher : Lexington Books

Page : 398 pages

File Size : 13,4 MB

Release : 2001-09-10

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0739102567

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The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of research in Platonic philosophy. A central focus of his philosophical effort, Plato's psychology is of interest both in its own right and as fundamental to his metaphysical and moral theories. This anthology offers, for the first time, a collection of the best classic and recent essays on cenral topics of Plato's psychological theory, including essays on the nature of the soul, studies of the tripartite soul for which Plato argues in the Republic, and analyses of his varied arguments for immortality. With a comprehensive introduction to the major issues of Plato's psychology and an up-to-date bibliography of work on the relevant issues, this much-needed text makes the study of Plato's psychology accessible to scholars in ancient Greek philosophy, classics, and history of psychology.



Plato's Cleitophon

Author : Mark Kremer

Publisher : Lexington Books

Page : 108 pages

File Size : 40,32 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780739108185

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It had been thought that theCleitophon was a spurious dialogue. Its brevity and the fact that Socrates does not respond to accusations from Cleitophon suggested to scholars that it was only a fragment. However, in the last fifteen years, the complete and authentic dialogue was rediscovered. Upon its discovery, scholars have almost universally agreed that the Cleitophon is the introduction to Plato'sRepublic. In Plato's Cleitophon: On Socrates and the Modern Mind editor, translator, and author, Mark Kremer, has mined some of the best scholarship on the relationship of Plato's Cleitophon and its relationship to modern thought. It is the contention of the editor that the Cleitophon, is an ancient example of the psychic, social, cultural, and moral strain that is put upon the citizens of a republic when their society begins to erode on all fronts. This work has the potential to afford readers an ancient perspective on ourselves by showing us how we appear in Plato's mind. It should be read by anyone who has ever read Plato'sRepublic; as well as anyone who is concerned about the social, psychic, cultural, and moral effects of postmodernity and globalization.