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Plato's Dialogues : Path to Initiation by Carol Dunn (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Publisher
Steinerbooks, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0983198462
ISBN-13
9780983198468
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Plato's Dialogues : Path to Initiation
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Genre
Philosophy
Author
Carol Dunn
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
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LCCN
2012-036663
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
184
Synopsis
Many books have been written about Plato's dialogues and philosophy, but most miss what Carol Dunn considers the most important part: the action that follows the thinking. Specifically, she argues that scholars often neglect to explore what should be done with the knowledge that is gained. In this insightful book, Dunn proposes that knowledge itself is important not in an abstract way but because of how it determine the meaning and purpose of our own lives, and demonstrates how the dialogues embody both a rational philosophy and a system of spiritual and religious principles whose purpose is to lay out the path to enlightenment. This book is not just for scholars of Plato's philosophy, but for anyone who wishes to penetrate an ancient, though largely overlooked, path to initiation., An insightful study of Plato's dialogues and their relevance for our lives today as a path to enlightenment., For millennia, hundreds of books have been written on Plato's dialogues and philosophy. In this book, Carol Dunn makes the case that the major modern scholars interpret Plato with an overwhelming focus on understanding the rational content of the dialogues, but omit or neglect the project of their purpose. Once they have mined the individual dialogues for their meaning, they neglect to share what readers can or should do with the knowledge gained from their investigations. The author makes the case that Plato is engaged not only in thinking but also, and more important, in doing --that what we do with the knowledge is crucial, because it can determine the meaning and purpose of our own life. She saw that he was not merely engaging in rational philosophical discussion, but that the dialogues of Plato, especially up to the Republic, embody the Socratic exhortation for each individual to "take care for the soul." The dialogues therefore embody both a rational philosophy and a system of spiritual/religious principles and doctrines whose purpose is to lay out--in a public forum--the path a true disciple needs to take to have a personal and direct experience of spiritual illumination, or enlightenment. This book is not just for scholars of Plato's philosophy, but for anyone who wishes to penetrate an ancient, though largely overlooked, path to initiation.
LC Classification Number
B395.D86 2012

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