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Defensa de Sócrates | El banquete | Fedro | Menón | Critón | Hipias menor | Ion
¿Qué es el bien? ¿Y la justicia? ¿Cómo se puede vivir de manera digna? ¿Cuál es la mejor manera de enfrentarse a la muerte? Hombres y mujeres de todas las épocas y lugares se han hecho las mismas preguntas. Las respuestas, en contra de lo que pudiera suponerse, no varían demasiado. La filosofía, pese a su fama de centrarse en especulaciones abstrusas, también se ocupa de aquellos asuntos que atañen a nuestras experiencias más directas.
Los diálogos de Platón, lejos de estar pensados para un público académico o especializado, se dirigen al ciudadano de a pie, a la persona que desea afrontar su vida y sus responsabilidades co- tidianas de una manera más consciente y reflexiva. El pensamiento deviene un quehacer, una tarea práctica en la que el lector, de la mano de Sócrates se ve obligado a revisar sus creencias para darse cuenta de que conceptos como la verdad, la libertad, la felicidad, la belleza o el amor son mucho más complejos de lo que cabría esperar y atañen a lo más profundo de nuestra existencia.
Los diálogos de Platón, lejos de estar pensados para un público académico o especializado, se dirigen al ciudadano de a pie, a la persona que desea afrontar su vida y sus responsabilidades co- tidianas de una manera más consciente y reflexiva. El pensamiento deviene un quehacer, una tarea práctica en la que el lector, de la mano de Sócrates se ve obligado a revisar sus creencias para darse cuenta de que conceptos como la verdad, la libertad, la felicidad, la belleza o el amor son mucho más complejos de lo que cabría esperar y atañen a lo más profundo de nuestra existencia.
- GenresPhilosophy
498 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2009
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Plato
5,613 books9,064 followersPlato (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."
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."
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