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Is Virtue Good for You?

Journal of Personality, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Does virtue benefit its possessor, or is it beneficial for others but not the self? We tested two highly influential theories that offer contradictory answers. In particular, we focused on three “hard cases” for the theory that virtue promotes well‐being—that is, three virtues that aren't obviously enjoyable (compassion, patience,
Michael M. Prinzing, Merve Balkaya‐Ince, Karen K. Melton, Sarah Schnitker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pleasure and Subjectivity in the Republic IX ‘Authority Argument’ (580d3-583a10)

Plato
I argue that the Republic IX ‘Authority Argument’ (580d3-583a10) embraces both subjectivity of hedonic experience and objectivity of hedonic character. This combination of views undermines the interpretations of both the argument’s main critics and its ...
Lee Franklin
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The theory of forms and Plato's ethics

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.The aims of this dissertation are to uncover and analyse potential links between ethics and metaphysics - specifically, the theory of Forms - in the dialogues of Plato. Drawing on material from a wide
Sinclaire, Jennifer
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The PLATO Payload and Data Processing System Space Wire Network

, 2018
PLATO [1] has been selected and adopted by ESA as the third medium-class Mission (M3) of the Cosmic Vision Program, to be launched in 2026 with a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from the French Guiana.
Vangelista, Donatella, Pezzuto, Stefano, Cosentino, Rosario, Dps, Plato, Serafini, Luca, Focardi, Mauro, Biondi, David, Giusi, Giovanni, Davalle, Daniele, Del Vecchio Blanco, Carlo, Rotundo, Matteo, Fanucci, Luca   +11 more
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The distinction between knowledge and opinion in Rep. 477c1-478a6

Plato
Plato’s argument in Rep. 5, 477c1-478a6, proves that knowledge (epistēmē) is a power different from opinion (doxa), and their objects are different in kind, too. This claim by itself would probably have been rejected by the so-called ‘sight-lovers’, i.e.
Thanassis Gkatzaras
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Abriß einer Religionslehre des Plato [PDF]

ABRISS EINER RELIGIONSLEHRE DES PLATO Abriß einer Religionslehre des Plato ([1]r) Cover ( - ) Titelseite ([1]r) Widmung ([2]r) Vorbericht ([3]r) I. Abriß einer Religionslehre aus Platon. ([5]) I. Einleitung (8)
Phocylides, Plato, Hörstel, Ludwig, Cleanthes   +3 more
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Towards a Responsible Liberalism

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Liberalism has many faces, ranging from that which emphasises the laissez‐faire approach of freedom from interference to the interventionist perspective on providing the conditions for people to exercise their liberty. In this essay, after summarising the arguments made by four prominent liberal scholars (namely, Keynes, Hayek, Buchanan and ...
Adam Oliver
wiley   +1 more source

Injustice and instability in Plato’s Republic

Plato
This paper argues that the timocracy, the first of the four corrupt cities described in Plato’s Republic, is a fragmented regime ruled by individuals with a fragmented and unstable character.
Manlio Fossati
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Plato

, 2011
© Editorial matter and selection, 2010 A. J. Bartlett and Justin Clemens. A wise man follows his guide but is not ignorant of his surroundings. (Phaedo 108a) Alain Badiou identifies his own philosophical project as a “contemporary Platonism”.
AJ Bartlett (15877175)
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THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
wiley   +1 more source