Plato

The Great Philosophers Season 1 Episode 1

Overview:
The dialogues of Plato are analyzed in this program by Cambridge philosophy professor Miles Burnyeat. Seeing Plato's ideas initially as extensions of those of his teacher, Socrates, Burnyeat explains the development and content of Plato's original; doctrines of knowledge as virtue, the immortality and tripartite division of the soul, and the theory of forms (ideas). Plato's political philosophy is discussed within the context of the notion of the ideal state—a political utopia ruled by philosopher kings.

Genre : Talk

Actors : Bryan Magee

Release Date : 1987-09-06

Duration : 43 menit

Rating : ⭐ 0/10 (0 votes)

▶ Play

Select Season

Other Episodes (Season 1)

Plato
1. Plato
Aristotle
2. Aristotle
Medieval Philosophy
3. Medieval Philosophy
Descartes
4. Descartes
Spinoza and Leibniz
5. Spinoza and Leibniz
Locke and Berkeley
6. Locke and Berkeley
Hume
7. Hume
Kant
8. Kant
Hegel and Marx
9. Hegel and Marx
Schopenhauer
10. Schopenhauer
Nietzsche
11. Nietzsche
Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
12. Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
The American pragmatists
13. The American pragmatists
Frege, Russell and Modern Logic
14. Frege, Russell and Modern Logic
Wittgenstein
15. Wittgenstein


TV Series Recommendations