Knowing Persons
A Study in Plato
ISBN13: 9780199288670ISBN10: 0199288674
Paperback,
318 pages
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Apr 2006,
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$49.95 (06)Description
Lloyd Gerson offers an original new study of Plato's account of persons, a topic of continuing interest to philosophers. His book locates Plato's psychology within his two-world metaphysics, showing that embodied persons are images of a disembodied ideal, and that they reflect many of the conflicting states of the sensible world. For Plato, Gerson argues, philosophy is the means to recognizing one's true identity.Reviews
"The discussions of the dialogues found in the book are worthy of consideration and valuable to scholars, even if one does not hold that separation is the ultimate aim of Platonic philosophy."--The Thomist
