Parution : L. Pitteloud & E. Keeling (eds.), Psychology and Ontology in Plato

This edited volume brings together contributions from prominent scholars to discuss new approaches to Plato’s philosophy, especially in the burgeoning fields of Platonic ontology and psychology. Topics such as the relationship between mind, soul and emotions, as well as the connection between ontology and ethics are discussed through the analyses of dialogues from Plato’s middle and late periods, such as the Republic, Symposium, Theaetetus, Timaeus and Laws. 

Table of contents :

Table of contents

• Imagination for Philosophical Exercise in Plato’s Republic: The Story of Gyges’ Ring and the Simile of the Sun – Notomi, Noburu – Pages 1-13
• Dionysian Plato in the Symposium- Santoro, Fernando- Pages 15-22
• Separation of Body and Soul in Plato’s Phaedo: An Unprecedented Ontological Operation in the Affinity Argument- Cornelli, Gabriele – Pages 23-31
• Plato and the “Internal Dialogue”: An Ancient Answer for a New Model of the SelfGacea, Alexandru-Ovidiu- Pages 33-54
• Pathos in the Theaetetus – Keeling, Evan – Pages 55-66

• The Analogy Between Vice and Disease from the Republic to the Timaeus – Renaut, Olivier – Pages 67-83
• Why Is the World Soul Composed of Being, Sameness and Difference? – Pitteloud, Luca – Pages 85-108
• Can One Speak of Teleology In Plato? – Brisson, Luc – Pages 109-123
• Nomos: Logismós ton Epithymion. Plato’s Laws and the (De)formation of Desires – Caram, Juliano Paccos – Pages 125-137