Πλάτων: Φίληβος - Κρίτων

by Plato, Πλάτων, Μανόλης Ανδρόνικος (Translator)

Ο "Φίληβος" ανήκει στην τελευταία περίοδο της πλατωνικής δημιουργίας και η χρονική του τοποθέτηση είναι σχεδόν βεβαία. Είναι διάλογος υστερώτερος οπωσδήποτε από το "Σοφιστή" και τον "Πολιτικό" και νεώτερος από το τελευταίο έργο του Πλάτωνα, τους "Νόμους". Δεν είμαστε μόνο βέβαιοι αν γράφηκε πριν ή μετά από τον "Τίμαιο". Πολλοί πιστεύουν πώς γράφηκε μετά και μάλιστα γύρω στα 354 π.Χ., το έτος δηλαδή που πέθανε ο φιλόσοφος Εύδοξος ο Κνίδιος, ο αρχηγός της Σχολής της Κυζίκου. Ίσως, λένε, ο θάνατος αυτός να στάθηκε η αφορμή για να γραφή ο διάλογος, που ήταν έτσι απάντηση του Πλάτωνα στις Θεωρίες του Ευδόξου τις σχετικές με το πρόβλημα της ηδονής. [...] (Από την εισαγωγή της έκδοσης)

256 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 1990

About the author

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."

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