Rather than abandoning reason and adopting the deconstructive stance which is current among many philosophers popular today, this book offers a form of Platonism as a coherent and viable middle way. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in classics and philosophy
Author(s): David Roochnik
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1990
Language: English
Pages: 223
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Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
A. Tragedy
B. Logos
C. Techne
Chapter 1: Logos is Unconditionally Good
A. The Classic Assertion
(1) Aristotle's Vision
(2) The Protreptic Logos
(3) The Indirect Argument
B. The Critique of Logos
(1) Protagoras
(2) Descartes' Provisonal Morality
(3) Spinoza's Critique of Teleology
C. The Response of Logos
(1) The Argument from Self-Reference
(2) Techne and the Good
(3) Poeticism
Chapter 2: Is Logos Unconditionally Good?
A. Cleitophon's Accusation
B. Eros and Logos
C. The Philosopher and the Poet
Chapter 3: Logos is Conditionally Good
A. The Impossibility of Philosophical Dialogue
(1) Philosophical Dialogue
(2) Aristotle and the Principle of Noncontradiction
(3) The Misologists
B. Paradigms of Play
(1) The Athlete and the Child
(2) The Philosopher and the Poet (Continued)
(3) The Protreptic Logos (Continued)
C. Questions
(1) Eros and Logos (Continued)
(2) Asking Questions
Epilogue
Notes
