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Plato and the Question of Beauty (Studies in Continental Thought)

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 | #8139600 in Books |  2008-05-28 |  2008-05-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x.70 x6.12l,.94 | File type: PDF | 168 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Not nearly enough about beauty in Plato|By C Hill|I'm a fan of some of Hyland's previous work and was looking forward to reading this one. This book, however, isn't as compelling.

In Plato and the Question of Beauty Hyland discusses what Plato has to say about beauty in the Hippias Major, Symposium and Phaedrus. We learn about the failure of finding an adequate defin| ||"A well written and forcefully argued exposition of one of the most important themes in Plato's philosophy." —Walter Brogan, Villanova University (Walter Brogan, Villanova University)

|This book consists of five chapters, only three of which

Drew A. Hyland, one of Continental philosophy's keenest interpreters of Plato, takes up the question of beauty in three Platonic dialogues, the Hippias Major, Symposium, and Phaedrus. What Plato meant by beauty is not easily characterized, and Hyland's close readings show that Plato ultimately gives up on the possibility of a definition. Plato's failure, however, tells us something important about beauty—that it cannot be reduced to logos. Exploring questions su...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Plato and the Question of Beauty (Studies in Continental Thought)   |  Drew A. Hyland. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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