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Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001

One of the best introductions to reading Plato
Any Plato scholar immediately confronts the problem of "How are we to understand Plato's relation to his dialogues?" Unlike Aristotle, Plato never wrote anything in his own name (save the letters). Moreover, what he did write were dialogues and not treatises (even if, like Politics III, those treatises are dialogical). And to complicate it even further, he uses a variety of philosophical ...

Philosophers as radicals.: An article from: New Criterion
Charles L. Jr. Griswold

Foundation for Cultural Review, 2001

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New Perspectives on Plato, Modern and Ancient (Hellenic Studies Series)

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David Blank, Dorothea Frede, ...

Center for Hellenic Studies, 2003

Proteus-shape of Platonic studies
The seven essays in this collection are based upon the August 1999 Colloquium at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington , D.C. , entitled "Plato and Socrates: Approaches to the Interpretation of the Platonic Dialogues." Ostensively the Colloquium was designed as a collaborative investigation into the significance of two particular changes that have occurred in the field of Platonic studies. ...

Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment (Modern European Philosophy)

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Charles L. Griswold

Cambridge University Press, 1998

Smith's morality given the weight it deserves
Griswold's book is pitched squarely between the academic of, and the interested newcomer to, the Enlightenment. It gives a refreshingly new outlook over enlightenment ideas as a whole, to illustrate the back drop to Adam Smith's moral notions. In examining the key themes in 'The Theory Of Moral Sentiments' with reference to Smith's whole body of work, Griswold is rare in attributing, to the work, ...

Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration

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Charles L. Griswold

Cambridge University Press, 2007

Tough but Rewarding Read
Griswold's project is primarily an analysis of forgiveness from a purely secular standpoint. Though he acknowledges religious influence, he seeks to keep his terms precisely defined for a non-religious paradigm that not only is relevant to private and personal matters, but to public and political as well. The book is both stimulating and insightful in that it offers much wisdom in the way of how ...

Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus
Charles L., Jr. Griswold

Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996

In this award-winning study of the Phaedrus, Charles Griswold focuses on the theme of "self-knowledge." Relying on the principle that form and content are equally important to the dialogue's meaning, Griswold shows how the concept of self-knowledge unifies the profusion of issues set forth by Plato. Included are a new preface and an updated comprehensive bibliography of works on the Phaedrus.

The Lincoln Persuasion: Remaking American Liberalism.: An article from: American Scholar
Charles L., Jr. Griswold

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1997

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