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Pleasure and Subjectivity in the Republic IX ‘Authority Argument’ (580d3-583a10)
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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Virtue and democracy in Plato's late dialogues [PDF]
Both Plato's theory of virtue and his attitude towards democracy -the two being correspondent- change significantly as we move from the middle to the late dialogues.
Samaras, Athanasios
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Nature's Complexity Alive: Farewell to Several Unificatory Cosmological Arguments for Monism
ABSTRACT Throughout history, numerous thinkers have claimed that monism—in the form of priority monism, existence monism, monotheistic monism, or versions that posit an extra‐cosmic ultimate being—theoretically surpasses pluralism, above all by positing a unified universe.
Lok‐Chi Chan
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The distinction between knowledge and opinion in Rep. 477c1-478a6
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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Impressum aus Kolophon: "VENETIIS IN AEDIB. ALDI, ET ANDREAE SOCERI MENSE SEPTEMBRI. M. D. XIII."Mit Druckermarken (Titelblatt u. letzte Seite)Auf Titelblatt hs. Besitzereintrag: "Sum Amerbachior[um]
Plato
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Speaking for Dionysus: Empathy and choral advocacy in Aristotle and Nietzsche
Abstract This essay argues for an abiding connection between empathy and advocacy by revealing their unrecognized parallels in Aristotle and Nietzsche. The argument makes three new claims. First, I identify an ancient form of sharing emotions, unnamed in but fundamental to Aristotle's Rhetoric, that I call “empathy by analogy.” Next, I show that the ...
Ellwood Wiggins
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Politics and Justice: Aristotle, Rawls, and the Case for Realism in Political Theory
ABSTRACT Aristotle's analysis of stasis in Book V of the Politics offers a striking example of “distinctively political thought,” as advocated by Bernard Williams's political realism, and in contrast to the moralist approach exemplified by John Rawls. Aristotle identifies disputes over justice, driven by partial and conflicting conceptions of equality,
Paul Sagar
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Study of stars with astrometric acceleration in the PLATO field
openLa missione PLATO, il cui lancio è atteso per la fine del 2026, rappresenta l'ultima frontiera nello studio e nella ricerca di esopianeti: essa permetterà di individuare e caratterizzare pianeti rocciosi nella Zona Abitabile di stelle simili al ...
SAVA, AGNESE
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