Plato. Writer who invented philosophy
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Luke Brisson"s book is an affordable and fascinating story about the first person who called himself a philosopher - Plato. “Philosophy is born in noise and rage,” writes Brisson in the preface. Its task is to show how Plato’s life experience is connected with his understanding of philosophy, which has become determining for the whole European tradition. But this task is difficult in the fact that in ancient times there have been many jokes and legends around Plato, in which it is difficult to distinguish the truth from fiction. Divine birth, abduction by pirates, friendship with tyrants, unscrupulous plagiarism - is there a share of historical truth in these stories? Step by step, Luke Brisson solves the riddle of the life and philosophy of Plato, simultaneously immersing the reader into the atmosphere of classical antiquity. Everything that usually remains outside the textbook: love, war, bloody sacrifices and dubious acquaintances is woven into the story of Plato"s philosophy. This philosophy appears before the reader not as a slender system created by the cabinet thinker, but as a civilian response to tragedy and injustice, inspired by the search for universal and unchanged values.
Luke Brisson (National Center for Scientific Research, Paris) - historian of ancient philosophy, president of the International Platono Society (2016-2019), author of numerous monographs and articles on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, translator of the works of Plato, Plotinus, Porfiry, Yamvlikh.
Luke Brisson (National Center for Scientific Research, Paris) - historian of ancient philosophy, president of the International Platono Society (2016-2019), author of numerous monographs and articles on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, translator of the works of Plato, Plotinus, Porfiry, Yamvlikh.
Author:
Author:Brisson Luke
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Phylosophy
- Category:Reference books
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-905712-25-8
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