Estos nueve volúmenes abarcan la obra completa de Platón, desde la epoca de juventud (Apología, Ion, Critón, Protágoras," etc), hasta su madurez (República, Banquete, Leyes," etc.)@ incluyen tambien, por tanto, los Dialogos" apocrifos y dudosos, asi
Estos nueve volúmenes abarcan la obra completa de Platón, desde la epoca de juventud (Apología, Ion, Critón, Protágoras," etc), hasta su madurez (República, Banquete, Leyes," etc.)@ incluyen tambien, por tanto, los Dialogos" apocrifos y dudosos, asi
La República, obra con la que culmina la etapa de madurez de Platón (427-399 a.C.), encontramos todas las ideas que van a configurar su filosofía y que se centran en dos motivos recurrentes y fundamentales para el pensamiento occidental posterior: la identificacion ultima de la felicidad con la virtud y la contraposicion entre ciencia y apariencia. El sentido intimo que tiene para Platon el termino "filosofia" esta en la identificacion de la propia vida con el saber, con la ciencia, frente al mundo de la apariencias. Como nos dice Miguel Candel en su esclarecedora introduccion, "El valor imperecedero de La Republica, mas alla, de los detalles de su programa politico y educativo, consiste en haber hecho plausible la tesis de que el correlato natural de la justicia es la felicidad. Y ello gracias a haber situado el principio de la realidad, asi como el de la teoria y el de la praxis..., en el mismo lugar: en la real idea de bien".
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In Euthyphro, Socrates is on his way to the court where he must defend himself against serious charges brought by religious and political authorities. On the way, he meets Euthyphro, an expert on religious matters, who has come to prosecute his own father. Socrates questions Euthyphros claim that religion serves as the basis for ethics.
Laches, a general in the Athenian army, saw Socrates fight bravely in the battle of Delium. When he and Nicias, another general, are asked to explain the idea of courage, they are at a loss and words fail them. How does courage differ from thoughtless and reckless audacity? Can a lion be said to be courageous? What about small children who have little idea of the dangers they face? Should we call people courageous who do not know whether their bravery will produce good or bad consequences? What kind of education and training promotes both courage and goodness in people, whether they are young or old? Plato constantly presents courage as an essential quality for all who seek to live a good life, so what does it mean when even the bravest leaders of Athens cannot tell us what courage really is?
Socrates questions Ion, an actor who just won a major prize, about his ability to interpret the epic poetry of Homer. How does an actor, a poet, or any other artist create? Is it by knowing? Is it by inspiration? As the dialogue proceeds, the nature of human creativity emerges as a mysterious process and an unsolved puzzle.
Diálogo que relata las últimas horas de la vida de Sócrates, viniendo a ser el eslabón entre la Apología y el Fedón, el Critón, si bien es uno de los diálogos platónicos más breves, es también –en p
Plato (428/427348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens. Noted as a student of Socrates, Plato has distinguished himself as one of the founders of Western philosophy by recording the teachings of his master and his own philosophies in 35 dialogues and 13 letters (some are disputed as spurious). However, this collection features only 25 authentic works from the reproduced source.Benjamin Jowett is credited for translating these works into English.
