Oxford studies in ancient philosophy. Volume L, summer 2016

Oxford studies in ancient philosophy. Volume L, summer 2016 / editor: Victor Caston.

'Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy' is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books.

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Other Authors: Caston, Victor, 1963- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Philosophy, Ancient.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
Philosophy, Ancient
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER; OXFORD STUDIES IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PARMENIDES ' LIKELY STORY; 1. The programme; 2. The signs on the way of being; 3. The third path; 4. Cosmology along the third path; 5. Mixture in the cosmos; 6. The world as diakosmos; 7. Parmenides and the Timaeus; 8. Deception; 9. Perception; 10. The cosmos as a likeness; 11. Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE MORAL AND LITERARY CHARACTER OF HIPPIAS IN PLATO' S HIPPIAS MAJOR; 1. The literary character of Hippias: comic impostor; 2. The moral character of Hippias: self-ignorant fool; 2.1. Hippias' apparent fineness
  • 2.2. Being and appearing fine2.3. Pleasure and the fine; 2.4. Hippias' moral character; 3. The absent questioner device; 3.1. Exposing Hippias; 3.2. Refutation, ridiculousness, and the proper aims of discourse; 3.3. Socratic moral improvement; 4. The authenticity of the Hippias Major; 5. Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WHY THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS WILL BELIEVE THE NOBLE LIE; 1. Birth and rebirth; 2. Dreaming; 3. Caves, wombs, lies; 4. Birth and return; 5. Delivery into the light; 6. Ideological inhibitions; 6.1. Why is it hard to believe?; 6.2. Some existing accounts of the ideological content
  • 6.3. A more subversive message: eliminating hereditary inequalities,parental influence, and educational privilege6.4 Hierarchy by educational attainment, not by birth; 7. Further details on inheritance and class; 7.1. Is the Myth of the Metals about all generations or just thefounding generation?; 7.2. Is the eugenics programme relevant to inherited metals?; 7.3. Are the metals due to 'nature'?; 7.4. Do all the citizens undergo the elementary education described inRepublic?; 8. Is it important that the rulersbelieve it first? And is it actually a lie?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ARISTOTLE ON TRUTH-BEARERS

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