Plato

by A.E. Taylor

Excerpt from Plato
The following sketch makes no claim to be considered as a complete account of the philosophy of Plato. Many topics of importance have been omitted altogether, and others only treated with the utmost attainable brevity. I have also thought it necessary to avoid, as far as possible, all controversial discussion, and have therefore in many cases followed my own judgment on disputable points without attempting to support it by the detailed reasoning which would be indispensable in a work of larger scope. My object has been to sit as loose as possible to all the traditional expositions of Platonism, and to give in broad outline the personal impression of the philosopher's thought which I have derived from repeated study of the Platonic text.
Those who are the most competent to condemn the numerous defects of my little book will, I hope, be also most indulgent in their verdict on an attempt to compress into so small a compass an account of the most original and influential of all philosophies.
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163 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1914

About the author

Alfred Edward Taylor was a British idealist philosopher. He was born in 1869, the son of a Wesleyan minister. Among many distinguished appointments, he held the chair of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh from 1924 to 1941. His main interests were Platonic philosophy and the theology of Christianity, and his contributions in both these fields have been of far-reaching importance. "Does God Exist?" was his last considerable work on the philosophy of religion before his death in 1945.

Reviews

[Fabrizio Valenza · Rating 5 out of 5]

La chiarezza espositiva degli anglosassoni rimane paradigmatica, anche quando si distacca dal paradigma in uso al tempo della stesura di questo libro (il paradigma platoniano di Schleiermacher), al quale l'autore contrappone quello che tiene pienamente conto delle dottrine non scritte.

[Trey Henry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good overview of Plato’s thought and work. As all English philosophers of Taylor’s time, Taylor makes some jabs at the Catholic Church.

[Andrea Forcella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una chiara introduzione al pensiero di Platone comprensibile a chiunque.