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The Development of Plato's Metaphysics by Henry A. Teloh is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Plato is a much more experimental philosopher, this book argues, than most commentators acknowledge. Supporting this position, Henry Teloh combines exegesis of particular passages with a synoptic view of Plato's philosophical development through his early, middle, and late dialogues. The result is a study of Plato's ideas with a more ambitious scope than any since W. D. Ross's in 1951, The book chronicles Plato's changing interests through a focus on his ontological commitments--that is, on the types of entities he addresses. It also traces many of the assumptions in Plato's thought back to their sources in pre-Socratic philosophy. By depicting the changes in Plato's thought from one period of dialogue composition to another, and by seeking to explain these changes from textual evidence, this book offers an appealing introduction to Plato for all humanists.

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Author

Henry A. Teloh

Publisher

Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780271002682

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Social Science, History