Сочинения в четырех томах

by Plato, Платон

=Works in Four Volumes
В первый том Собрания сочинений Платона входят ранние диалоги философа, относящиеся к периоду формирования его учения. Идея тома в целом - прослеживание пути становления платонизма. Все тексты заново отредактированы. Издание снабжено научным аппаратом.
Вступительная статья А.Ф.Лосев.

Во второй том Собрания сочинений Платона входят шесть диалогов зрелого периода творчества философа (80-60-е годы IV в. до н. э.); их центральная проблематика - учение об идеях.

В настоящий том входят диалоги зрелого периода его творчества (в их числе - наиболее знаменитый диалог "Государство"), в которых диалектическое учение об идеях наполняется психологическим, эстетическим и социально-политическим содержанием.

В четвертый том входят произведения позднейшего периода его творчества: диалог "Политик", в котором разрабатывается тема идеального правителя, обширные по объему "Законы", в которых продолжается (начатая в "Государстве") тема социальной утопии, и "Послезаконие". В том вошли также "Письма", рисующие личность философа, и Приложение, включающие две работы авторов-неоплатоников и эпиграммы, приписываемые Платону.

=Works in 4 Volumes

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Published January 1, 1994

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."