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Plato's Dialectical Ethics: Phenomenological Interpretations Relating to the Philebus

内容简介

Plato'sDialecticalEthics,Gadamer'searliestwork,hasnowbeentranslatedintoEnglishforthefirsttime.Thisclassicbook,publishedin1931andreprintedin1967and1982,isstillimportanttoday.ItisoneofthemostextensiveandimaginativeinterpretationsofPlato'sPhilebusandanidealintroductiontoGadamer'sthinking.ItshowshowhisinfluentialhermeneuticsemergedfromtheapplicationofhisteacherMartinHeidegger'sphenomenologicalmethodtoclassicaltextsandproblems.Theworkconsistsoftwochapters.Thefirst,whichputsSocratic/PlatonicdialecticsandethicsinthecontextofGadamer'sthinkingabouthowwecometosharedunderstandingthroughconversation,helpstoclarifytheintentionsandtrajectoryofallGadamer'ssubsequentwork.Thesecondchapter,onthePhilebus,willinteresteveryonewhoisconcernedwiththeconnectionbetweenPlato'sdiscussionsofethicsandthoseofAristotle,andwiththesubstantiveissuesoftherelationbetweenpleasureandreasonthatPlatoexploresandGadamerinterprets.Thiseditionincludesanewandusefulintroductionbythetranslator,RobertM.Wallace.

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