Πλάτων: Συμπόσιο - Κριτίας

by Plato, Πλάτων, Γιάνης Κορδάτος (Translator)

Το Συμπόσιο είναι από τα έργα της πνευματικής ακμής του Πλάτωνος. Η κατανόησή του απαιτεί να ρίξωμε ένα συνοπτικό βλέμμα στην εσωτερική σύνθεση της πλατωνικής φιλοσοφίας. Η επισκόπηση όμως αυτή πρέπει να γίνη από τοποθέτηση που θα ήταν κατάλληλη να μας βοηθήση στην κατανόηση του έργου που έχομε εμπρός μας.
Για ένα φιλόσοφο που διαρκώς ανανεώνεται και παρουσιάζει κάθε τόσο καινούργια μοτίβα όπως ο Πλάτων είναι απαραίτητο η ερμηνεία καθενός από τα έργα του να ξεκινά από ξεχωριστή αφετηρία. Γι' αυτό είναι υποχρέωσή μας πριν προχωρήσωμε στην αναλυτική επισκόπηση να προσανατολιστούμε προς τον πνευματικόν ορίζοντα μέσα στον οποίον είναι το "Συμπόσιο" τοποθετημένο. [...] (Από την εισαγωγή της έκδοσης)

312 pages, Unknown Binding

Published December 1, 1980

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Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself.
Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."