Aristotle — background (1)
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While Alfred Whitehead famously said that all of Western philosophy was a footnote on Plato, a more apt description of...
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Plato on art (5)
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Plato's aesthetics is characterized by a fundamental paradox: He warns continually to be wary of the seductive voice of poets...
Plato on justice (4)
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While Socrates embodied virtue in his life and came to be seen in the Antique world as an archetype for...
Plato on Gyges’ Ring (3)
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Plato has a multifaceted study of justice, taking up the topic in numerous dialogues throughout his career. Here I will...
Plato (1)
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Socrates' student and literary creator, Plato (428/27 - 348/47), stands in stark contrast to his Athenian teacher, the philosophic martyr. If,...