{"product_id":"the-phaedo-a-platonic-labyrinth-and-on-platos-euthyphro-new-edition-9781587316708","title":"The Phaedo: A Platonic Labyrinth and on Plato's Euthyphro: New Edition","description":"Since antiquity the \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e has been considered the source of \"the twin pillars of Platonism\" - the theory of ideas and the immortality of the soul. Tracing the movement of the argument through the work as a whole, Burger is led to a radical rethinking of those doctrines. That movement is indicated by the structure of the dialogue, divided in two halves by a central interlude in which Socrates warns against the great danger of \"misology,\" loss of trust in human reason. The discussion that follows, with that danger in mind, brings about a transformation in the understanding of knowledge, the ideas, the soul, death, and immortality. With this \"second sailing,\" as Socrates calls it, the Platonism presented in the \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as precisely the target of which the dialogue is a critique. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This revised and expanded edition includes a new Preface, \"The Death of Socrates and the Post-Socratic Schools,\" and an essay, \"On Plato's \u003ci\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is a comprehensive study of the \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e, thoroughly researched, and sparkling with insights into the text.\" - Paul Woodruff, University of Texas \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Burger has a wonderfully fertile mind and supports her imaginative thesis with a close reading, extremely sensitive to nuance.\" - Jerome Schiller, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the History of Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e1986 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"On Plato's \u003ci\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/i\u003e\" presents a more thoughtful and careful analysis of the dialogue than any previous full-length commentary. -- Lewis Fallis, \u003ci\u003eInterpretation\u003c\/i\u003e 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRonna Burger is the Catherine \u0026amp; Henry J. Gaisman Chair in the Dept. of Philosophy at Tulane University, where she has taught since 1980. She received her PhD from the New School for Social Research Graduate Faculty in 1975, with a dissertation directed by Seth Benardete. She is the author of books on Plato's \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eAristotle's Dialogue with Socrates: on the Nicomachean Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (Chicago, 2008). Subjects of her numerous essays and public lectures include Maimonides and the Hebrew Bible along with studies of Plato and Aristotle.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Augustine's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243930353938,"sku":"9781587316708","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bea5bd81-2474-4720-b92b-d27f4299fa9b.jpg?v=1745875548","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-phaedo-a-platonic-labyrinth-and-on-platos-euthyphro-new-edition-9781587316708","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}