The Theory of Motion in Plato's Later Dialogues
The Theory of Motion in Plato's Later Dialogues
Joseph Bright Skemp
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Originally published in 1942, this book examines Plato's later dialogues, particularly Timaeus, in terms of their dependence on pre-Socratic philosophy and other aspects of ancient thought and life. Skemp assesses Plato's views on reality and how it could be more than his idealized Forms. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Socratic and Platonic philosophies and the circumstances of their development.
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140 pages
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Plato's later philosophy of motion
- 2. Ionian elements in the Timaeus
- 3. Antecedents of the кίυησις-doctrine of the Timaeus in Alcmaeon, the Pythagoreans and the medical writers
- 4. Antecedents of the кίυησις-doctrine of the Timaeus in the system of Empedocles
- 5. The general interpretation of the Timaeus
- 6. υоũς and άνάукη as αίтίαι Кίυήσεως in the Timaeus
- 7. The ten kinds of motion
- 8. The ultimate άρχή Кίυήσεωςin Plato
- Bibliography
- Index of passages.
