Logos and Psyche in the Phaedo
Seiten
2018
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4130-5 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4130-5 (ISBN)
This book offers a new interpretation of the Phaedo, arguing that the central issue of the dialogue is the relation between logos and the defining activity of the soul, which is gathering the multiplicity of phenomena into the intelligible wholes of experience in accord with logos.
This book offers an original interpretation and close reading of Plato’s Phaedo, focusing on the relation between logos and the soul in order to illuminate the ethical and political dimensions of philosophy as “care of the soul.” Jesse I. Bailey argues that the central issue of the dialogue is the relation between logos and the defining activity of the soul. The soul, in accord with logos, gathers the multiplicity of phenomena into the intelligible wholes of experience. This definitive activity also applies to the soul itself, as the soul gathers itself to itself in logos. Ethical living demands the development of a harmonious unity in the self through this activity. Thus, the book argues that the traditional “pillars” of Platonism—the immortality of the soul and the Forms—are presented not as fully-developed theories to be accepted by the reader whole cloth, but rather as provocations for thought.
This book offers an original interpretation and close reading of Plato’s Phaedo, focusing on the relation between logos and the soul in order to illuminate the ethical and political dimensions of philosophy as “care of the soul.” Jesse I. Bailey argues that the central issue of the dialogue is the relation between logos and the defining activity of the soul. The soul, in accord with logos, gathers the multiplicity of phenomena into the intelligible wholes of experience. This definitive activity also applies to the soul itself, as the soul gathers itself to itself in logos. Ethical living demands the development of a harmonious unity in the self through this activity. Thus, the book argues that the traditional “pillars” of Platonism—the immortality of the soul and the Forms—are presented not as fully-developed theories to be accepted by the reader whole cloth, but rather as provocations for thought.
Jesse I. Bailey is associate professor of philosophy at Sacred Heart University.
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Questions of the Self
Chapter 2: Λόγος and the Minotaur
Chapter 3: Arguments and Assumptions about the Soul
Chapter 4: Recollection and the Activity of the Soul “Itself through Itself”
Chapter 5: Images of the Soul
Chapter 6: The Turn to the Λόγος
Chapter 7: Forms, Causes, and Μέθεξις
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 531 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-4130-5 / 1498541305 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-4130-5 / 9781498541305 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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