Knowing Persons: A Study in Plato

by Lloyd P. Gerson

Book Overview

Lloyd Gerson offers an original new study of Plato's account of persons, a topic of continuing interest to philosophers. His book locates Plato's psychology within his two-world metaphysics, showing that embodied persons are images of a disembodied ideal, and that they reflect many of the conflicting states of the sensible world. For Plato, Gerson argues, philosophy is the means to recognizing one's true identity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199288674
• ISBN13: 9780199288670
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"