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Psychology and Ontology in Plato

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Editors:
  1. Luca Pitteloud

    1. Center for Natural and Human Sciences (CCNH), Universidade Federal do ABC, São Paulo, Brazil

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  2. Evan Keeling

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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  • Discusses new approaches to Plato’s philosophy, especially in the burgeoning fields of Platonic ontology and psychology
  • Provides a good sense of what is happening in Platonic scholarship worldwide
  • Combines contributions from distinguished senior scholars and young Platonists, bringing novel and insightful interpretations of Plato's work

Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 139)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Imagination for Philosophical Exercise in Plato’s Republic: The Story of Gyges’ Ring and the Simile of the Sun

    • Noburu Notomi
    Pages 1-13

  3. Dionysian Plato in the Symposium

    • Fernando Santoro
    Pages 15-22

  4. Separation of Body and Soul in Plato’s Phaedo: An Unprecedented Ontological Operation in the Affinity Argument

    • Gabriele Cornelli
    Pages 23-31

  5. Plato and the “Internal Dialogue”: An Ancient Answer for a New Model of the Self

    • Alexandru-Ovidiu Gacea
    Pages 33-54

  6. Pathos in the Theaetetus

    • Evan Keeling
    Pages 55-66

  7. The Analogy Between Vice and Disease from the Republic to the Timaeus

    • Olivier Renaut
    Pages 67-83

  8. Why Is the World Soul Composed of Being, Sameness and Difference?

    • Luca Pitteloud
    Pages 85-108

  9. Can One Speak of Teleology In Plato?

    • Luc Brisson
    Pages 109-123

  10. Nomos: Logismós ton Epithymion. Plato’s Laws and the (De)formation of Desires

    • Juliano Paccos Caram
    Pages 125-137

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 139-143
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About this book

This edited volume brings together contributions from prominent scholars to discuss new approaches to Plato’s philosophy, especially in the burgeoning fields of Platonic ontology and psychology. Topics such as the relationship between mind, soul and emotions, as well as the connection between ontology and ethics are discussed through the analyses of dialogues from Plato’s middle and late periods, such as the Republic, Symposium, Theaetetus, Timaeus and Laws. These works are being increasingly studied both as precursors for Aristotelian philosophy and in their own right, and the analyses included in this volume reveal some new interpretations of topics such as Plato’s attitude towards artistic imagination and the possibility of speaking of a teleology in Plato.

Focusing on hot topics in the area, Psychology and Ontology in Plato provides a good sense of what is happening in Platonic scholarship worldwide and will be of interest to academic researchers and teachers interested in ancient philosophy, ontology and philosophical psychology.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Natural and Human Sciences (CCNH), Universidade Federal do ABC, São Paulo, Brazil

    Luca Pitteloud

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Evan Keeling

About the editors

Luca Pitteloud is professor of ancient philosophy at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) in São Paulo, Brazil. He did his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Between 2013 and 2016, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Brasília (UnB), at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) in Belém (Amazonia) and at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). 

Evan Keeling is professor of ancient philosophy at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. He did his PhD at the University of Virginia, after which he came to USP, first as a postdoctoral researcher and then as professor doctor.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychology and Ontology in Plato

  • Editors: Luca Pitteloud, Evan Keeling

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04654-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04653-8Published: 22 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04654-5Published: 11 January 2019

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 143

  • Topics: Classical Philosophy, Ontology

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