“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization.”―Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them hard to stop reading.”―Richard Bernstein, New York Times. “Witty,…
Reading Plato offers a concise and illuminating insight into the complexities and difficulties of the Platonic dialogues, providing an invaluable text for any student of Plato's philosophy. Taking as a starting point the critique of writing in the Phaedrus -- where Socrates argues that a book cannot choose its reader nor can it defend itself against misinterpretation -- Reading Plato offers so…
Buku ini berisi 100 cerita anekdot filsafat. Banyak nama tokoh filsafat yang dijadikan cerita. Ketika kita sulit memahami apa itu filsafat, buku ini akan menghibur kita dengan cerita-cerita yang menyenangkan. Buku ini diperuntukkan bagi semua orang, baik yang berlatar belakang filsafat maupun yang tidak pernah mendalami bidang filsafat.
Berisi lelucon, gelitikan, dan pemikiran filsafat Plato. Membaca buku ini seperti mengikuti kursus kilat filsafat dengan cara yang lucu namun mencerahkan.
Two years after "The Collector" had brought him international recognition and a year before he published "The Magus", John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos, 'of a person or thing, the best or most excellent its k…
The Dialogues of Plato (427–347 B.C.) rank with the writings of Aristotle as the most important and influential philosophical works in Western thought. In them Plato cast his teacher Socrates as the central disputant in colloquies that brilliantly probe a vast spectrum of philosophical ideas and issues. None is more exciting and revelatory than the four dialogues — Euthyphro, Apology, Crito…