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Popular lectures on philosophical themes by a Platonist of the second century.
The Edition
- Original language
- Greek
- Translated by
- William H. Race
Publication
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Series volume
- 553
- Date published
- 2023-12-12
- Print status
- In print
The Physical Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dust jacket
- Yes
- Total pages
- 528 pages
- ISBN-13
- 9780674997561
Reference
- Read online
- Read Here
- Publisher page
- View at publisher
Contents
- GENERAL INTRODUCTION
- REFERENCES
- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHILOSOPHICAL ORATIONS
- 1 The discourse of a philosopher will adapt itself to every subject
- 2 Whether images should be set up for the gods
- 3 Whether Socrates did the right thing by not defending himself in court
- 4 Who has provided a better account of the gods, poets or philosophers?
- 5 Whether one ought to pray
- 6 What knowledge is
- 7 Which illnesses are more grave, those of the body or those of the soul?
- 8 What Socrates’ daimonion was. Part I
- 9 More on Socrates’ daimonion. Part II
- 10 Whether learning is recollection
- 11 What god is according to Plato
- 12 Whether a wrongdoer should be wronged in return
- 13 Whether, given the existence of prophecy, anything is within our control
- 14 By what means one should distinguish a flatterer from a friend
- 15 Which life is better, the active or the contemplative? The active
- 16 That the contemplative life is superior to the active one
- 17 Whether Plato was right to exclude Homer from his republic
- 18 What Socrates’ art of love was. Part I
- 19 More on love. Part II
- 20 More on Socrates’ art of love. Part III
- 21 More on love. Part IV
- VOLUME II