Essays on Plato's psychology /
edited by Ellen Wagner.
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2001.
- xi, 385 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-369) and indexes.
Fallacies in the Phaedo Again/ Cass Weller -- The Arguments in the Phaedo Concerning the Thesis that the soul is a Harmonia/ C.C.W. Taylor -- Supervenience and the thesis that the soul is a Harmonia/ Ellen Wagner -- Plato's theory of human motivation/ John M. Cooper -- Plato's analogy of soul and state/ Nicholas D. Smith -- Simple souls/ Christopher Shields -- The analogy of city and soul in Plato's Republic/ Bernard Williams -- Inside and outside the republic/ Jonathan Lear -- Akrasia and agency in Plato's Laws and Republic/ Christopher Bobonich -- Plato's "Cyclical" argument recycled/ David Gallop -- The final proof of the immortality of the soul in Plato's Phaedo 102a-107a/ Dorothea Frede -- A defense of Plato's argument for the immortality of the soul at Republic X 608c-611a/ Eric A. Brown -- The argument for immortality in Plato's Phaedrus/ Thomas M. Robinson -- Immortality and the Nature of the soul in the Phaedrus/ Richard Bett.
"The past several decades have witnessed an explosion of research in Platonic philosophy. A central focus of his philosophical effort, Plato's psychology is of interest both in its own right and as fundamental to his metaphysical and moral theories. This anthology offers, for the first time, a collection of the best classic and recent essays on central topics of Plato's psychological theory. It includes essays on the nature of the soul, studies of the tripartite soul for which Plato argues in the Republic, and analyses of his varied arguments for immortality. With a comprehensive introduction to the major issues of Plato's psychology and an up-to-date bibliography of work on the relevant issues, this much-needed text makes the study of Plato's psychology accessible to scholars in ancient Greek philosophy, classics, and the history of psychology."--Provided by the publisher.