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On Plato's Concept of Reason

by Powers M. Cole

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: hbsukhwinder286
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 0.6 cm

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AnyworkonthePlatonicconceptionofreasonhastowrestlewithafew signaldifficultiesoftheproblem.ThefirstisthatPlatohasnoexplicittheoryof 'reason'assuchinanyofhisworks.Thereis, forexample, nonotionofλόγονἔχονin Plato: astrictlyandpreciselydefinedprincipleofcogitativepowerthatmakesa humanbeingtobewhatitessentiallyis.Initsplace, awideandvariedarrayof Greektermsisrenderedby'reason': νοῦς,λόγος,νόησις, andἐπιστήμηallshowup, atsomepointoranother, as'reason'intranslation.Ofalloftheseitisperhapsνοῦς, sometimesalsotranslated'mind', thatcomesclosesttowhatweordinarily understandbytheterm.Thissimilarity, however, isdeceptive.Theproblemwith νοῦςisthatithasitsownregisterofmeaninginthecontextofAncientGreek philosophymoregenerally, throughtheinfluenceofAnaxagoras, forwhomνοῦς wastheἄπειρονprincipleofbeing1.ΝοῦςinthePhaedo(wherePlatoisexplicitly referringtoAnaxagoras)meanssomethingquitedifferentfromνοῦςinthePhaedrus (whereitisthefacultybywhichhumanbeingsapprehendthetruthintheirjourney aroundtheheavens), andbothoftheseinstancesofusagearequitedifferentfrom themodernideaof'reason'.Broadlyspeaking, however, wecansaythatthesetwo dialoguesuse'νοῦς'accordingtotwodifferent, andopposite, acceptations: 'subjective'and'objective'νο

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    hbsukhwinder286

  • Published

    May 2023

  • Weight

    164g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 0.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781805263326

  • ISBN-10

    1805263323

  • Eden Code

    6239841

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