{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-plato-paperback","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Plato - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Fine\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlato is the best known, and continues to be the most widely studied, of all the ancient Greek philosophers. The twenty-one commissioned articles in \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Plato\u003c\/em\u003e provide in-depth and up-to-date discussions of a variety of topics and dialogues. The result is a useful state-of-the-art reference to the man many consider the most important philosophical thinker in history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach article is an original contribution from a leading scholar, and they all serve several functions at once: they survey the lay of the land; express and develop the authors' own views; and situate those views within a range of alternatives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eHandbook \u003c\/em\u003econtains chapters on metaphysics, epistemology, love, language, ethics, politics, art and education. Individual chapters are devoted to each of the following dialogues: the Republic, Parmenides, Theaetetus, Sophist, Timaeus, and Philebus. There are also chapters on Plato and the dialogue form; on Plato in his time and place; on the history of the Platonic corpus; on Aristotle's criticism of Plato, and on Plato and Platonism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGail Fine\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University and Senior research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eOn Ideas\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePlato on Knowledge and Forms: Selected Essays\u003c\/em\u003e, and the editor of \u003cem\u003ePlato 1: Metaphysics and Epistemology\u003c\/em\u003e and of \u003cem\u003ePlato 2: Ethics, Politics, Religion and the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e, both in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 618\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754024010016,"sku":"9780199769193","price":136.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fb47c174e8656971c298475314215e83.webp?v=1780031716","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-plato-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}