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Title: PLATO AND THE QUESTION OF BEAUTY
By: Drew A. Hyland
Format: Book

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ISBN 10: 0253219779
ISBN 13: 9780253219770
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Publisher: INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 28 May, 2008
Series: Studies in Continental Thought
Pages: 168
Description: Reveals the intimate connection between beauty and the philosophical life. What Plato meant by beauty is not easily characterized, this work shows that Plato ultimately gives up on the possibility of a definition. It provides a serious investigation into the meaning of beauty and places it at the very heart of philosophy.
Synopsis: 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 surrounding love, memory, and ideal form, Hyland draws out the connections between beauty, the possibility of philosophy, and philosophical living. This new reading of Plato provides a serious investigation into the meaning of beauty and places it at the very heart of philosophy.
Publication: US
Imprint: Indiana University Press
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