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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    22 September 2009
    20 October 2005
    ISBN:
    9780511482588
    9780521791304
    9780521103190
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482588
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.713kg, 384 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.56kg, 384 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato
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    The Lysis is one of Plato's most engaging but also puzzling dialogues; it has often been regarded, in the modern period, as a philosophical failure. The full philosophical and literary exploration of the dialogue illustrates how it in fact provides a systematic and coherent, if incomplete, account of a special theory about, and special explanation of, human desire and action. Furthermore, it shows how that theory and explanation are fundamental to a whole range of other Platonic dialogues and indeed to the understanding of the corpus as a whole. Part One offers an analysis of, or running commentary on, the dialogue. In Part Two Professors Penner and Rowe examine the philosophical and methodological implications of the argument uncovered by the analysis. The whole is rounded off by an epilogue of the relation between the Lysis and some other Platonic (and Aristotelian) texts.

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    "...succeeds admirably in making the case for the philosophical significance of the Lysis, a dialogue which has suffered from dismissal and neglect. ...their book is philosophically provocative and engaging. It will be of vital interest to all scholars of Plato; parts of it will also be of substantial use for philosophers working on moral psychology and, in particular, on love." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 11/2006

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