Sophiste/Politique/Philèbe/Timée/Critias

by Plato

L'étranger : - Nous nous sommes d'abord demandé s'il faut considérer le pêcheur à la ligne comme un ignorant, ou s'il possédait quelque art. Théétète : - Oui. L'étranger : - Passons maintenant au sophiste, Théétète : - devons-nous le considérer comme un ignorant ou comme un sophiste dans toute la force du terme ? Théétète : - Ignorant, pas du tout ; car j'entends ce que tu veux dire, c'est qu'il s'en faut du tout au tout qu'il soit ignorant, étant donné le nom qu'il porte. L'étranger : - Il nous faut donc admettre, à ce qu'il semble, qu'il possède un art déterminé. Théétète : - Alors, que peut bien être cet art ? Sophiste.

Genres: Philosophy

511 pages, Paperback

Published July 15, 1993

About the author

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself.
Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."

Reviews

[Yann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un ensemble de dialogues qui vient après la République. Platon explique, toujours au moyen de dialogues vivants, sa conception idéaliste du monde. Il affirme la supériorité de l intelligence sur le plaisir, imagine que le monde est construit sur la base de concepts géométriques et mathématiques, qui semblent farfelus de nos jours. Pour lui, toute la création a été conçue en vue du bien par le divinité. Le mythe de l Atlantide est signale ici, pour illustrer ses conceptions politiques issues de la République. Hélas, le texte est inachevé.