Three Philosophical Dialogues

2002

In these three dialogues, renowned for their dialectical structure and linguistic precision, Anselm sets out his classic account of the relationship between freedom and sin-its linchpin his definition of freedom of choice as 'the power to ...

Author: Saint Anselm

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

ISBN: 0872206114

Category: Philosophy

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In these three dialogues, renowned for their dialectical structure and linguistic precision, Anselm sets out his classic account of the relationship between freedom and sin-its linchpin his definition of freedom of choice as 'the power to preserve rectitude of will for its own sake'. In doing so, Anselm explores the fascinating implications for God, human beings, and angels (good and bad) of his conclusion that freedom of choice neither is nor entails the power to sin. In addition to an Introduction, notes, and a glossary, Thomas Williams brings to the translation of these important dialogues the same precision and clarity that distinguish his previous translation of Anselm's Proslogion and Monologion, which Professor Paul Spade of Indiana University called 'scrupulously faithful and accurate without being slavishly literal, yet lively and graceful to both the eye and ear'.

Philosophy in Play

1994

In this lively collection of dialogues, Bencivenga endeavors to be true to the nature of philosophical practice- its constant superseding of its own results, its open-endedness, its paradoxical turning of a position into its opposite- as he ...

Author: Ermanno Bencivenga

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

ISBN: 0872202372

Category: Philosophy

Page: 153

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Translated by the author from his Tre Dialoghi, published in 1989 by Bollati Boringhieri Editore. In this lively collection of dialogues, Bencivenga endeavors to be true to the nature of philosophical practice- its constant superseding of its own results, its open-endedness, its paradoxical turning of a position into its opposite- as he explores issues ranging from feminism to metaphysics, from the philosophy of science to aesthetics, as well as the intrinsically dialogic nature of philosophical activity itself.

Three Dialogues

2011-01-01

All three dialogues are also available in the Cosimo omnibus editions of The Works of Plato. One of the greatest Western philosophers who ever lived, PLATO (c. 428-347 B.C.) was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle.

Author: Plato

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

ISBN: 9781616403683

Category: Philosophy

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Three Dialogues is a collection of three Socratic dialogues by the philosopher Plato: Protagoras, Philebus, and Gorgias. Protagoras is an argument between the elderly and celebrated sophist Protagoras and Socrates about the nature of sophists and virtue. Philebus, written between 360 and 347 BC and one of the last Socratic dialogues, features Socrates (rare for a late dialogue), Philebus, and Protarchus. It centers on the value of pleasure versus knowledge, and focuses in the end on the inherent value of philosophy and reason over drama and poetry: a wholly philosophical idea. Finally, Gorgias is an argument between a philosopher and rhetorician, emphasizing the art of persuasion as necessary for gaining legal and political advantages. All three dialogues are also available in the Cosimo omnibus editions of The Works of Plato. One of the greatest Western philosophers who ever lived, PLATO (c. 428-347 B.C.) was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. Plato was greatly influenced by Socrates' teachings, often using him as a character in scripts and plays (Socratic dialogues), which he used to demonstrate philosophical ideas. Plato's dialogues were and still are used to teach a wide range of subjects, including politics, mathematics, rhetoric, logic, and, naturally, philosophy.

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

2008-12-01

First published in 1713, this is a curious artifact of an earlier age of philosophy that will bemuse and amuse readers of classic literature.

Author: George Berkeley

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

ISBN: 9781605205410

Category: Philosophy

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A philosophical exploration in the form of a classical dialogue such as Aristotle or his pupils might have written, these fanciful-and imaginary-debates pit Philonous, representing author Berkeley, against Hylas, generally accepted to represent Berkeley's adversary in British empiricism John Locke. Matters of skepticism, perception, materialism, and more are discussed in entertaining and enlightening fashion. First published in 1713, this is a curious artifact of an earlier age of philosophy that will bemuse and amuse readers of classic literature. Irish scientist, philosopher, and writer GEORGE BERKELEY (1685-1753) also wrote An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (1709) and A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710).

The Routledge Guidebook to Berkeley s Three Dialogues

2018-12-21

This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this influential work.

Author: Stefan Storrie

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9780429678707

Category: Philosophy

Page: 178

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The Routledge Guidebook to Berkeley’s Three Dialogues is an engaging introduction to the last of a trio of works that cemented Berkeley’s position as one of the truly great philosophers of the western canon. Berkeley’s distinctive idealist philosophy has been a challenge and inspiration for thinkers ever since. Written for readers approaching this seminal work for the first time, this book: provides the philosophical context in which Three Dialogues was written; critically discusses the arguments in each of the Three Dialogues; and examines some of the principal disputes concerning the interpretation of his work. The Routledge Guidebook to Berkeley’s Three Dialogues offers a clear and comprehensive guide to this ground-breaking volume and includes further reading sections at the end of each chapter. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this influential work.

Anselm Basic Writings

1997-09-15

Ranging from his early treatises, the Monologion (a work written to show his monks how to meditate on the divine essence) and the Proslogion (best known for its advancement of the so-called ontological argument for the existence of God), to ...

Author: Anselm

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

ISBN: 9781603840217

Category: Philosophy

Page: 448

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Ranging from his early treatises, the Monologion (a work written to show his monks how to meditate on the divine essence) and the Proslogion (best known for its advancement of the so-called ontological argument for the existence of God), to his three philosophical dialogues on metaphysical topics such as the relationship between freedom and sin, and late treatises on the Incarnation and salvation, this collection of Anselm's essential writings will be a boon to students of the history of philosophy and theology as well as to anyone interested in examining what Anselm calls "the reason of faith."

Berkeley s Three Dialogues

2010-07-15

In Berkeley's "Three Dialogues": A Reader's Guide, Aaron Garrett offers a clear and thorough account of this key philosophical work.

Author: Aaron Garrett

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781441194879

Category: Philosophy

Page: 172

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Berkeley's Three Dialogues is a key text in the history of philosophy-the dialogues are, with the exception of Hume's, arguably the most important philosophical dialogues written in English. In Berkeley's "Three Dialogues": A Reader's Guide, Aaron Garrett offers a clear and thorough account of this key philosophical work. The guide explores the complex and important ideas inherent in the text and provides a cogent survey of the reception and influence of Berkeley's work.

Berkeley s Three Dialogues

2018-01-18

"Many of the papers in this volume were presented at the 'Berkeley and the Three dialogues' conference at Trinity College Dublin in 2014"--Page vii.

Author: Stefan Storrie

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780198755685

Category: Philosophy

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This is the first volume of essays devoted to Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, a classic of early modern philosophy. Leading experts examine all the central issues in Berkeley's work. The Three Dialogues is a dramatization of Berkeley's philosophy in which the two protagonists Hylas and Philonous debate the full range of Berkeleyan themes: the rejection of material substance, the nature of perception and reality, the limits of human knowledge, and his approach to the perceived threats of skepticism, atheism and immorality. When Berkeley presented his first statement of his immaterialist philosophy in the Principles of Human Knowledge three years earlier he was met with incredulity - how could a sane person deny the existence of matter? Berkeley felt that a new approach was needed in order to bring people over to his novel point of view. This new effort was the Three Dialogues. In the preface to the Three Dialogues Berkeley stated that its aim was to "treat more clearly and fully of certain principles laid down" in the Principles. Esteem for Berkeley's work has increased significantly in recent decades, and this volume will be the starting-point for future research.

Three Conversations about Knowing

2000

In Jay Rosenberg's lively and accessible introductory dialogue, four bright students explore a number of the central topics and problems of contemporary epistemology--skepticism and certainty, internalism and externalism, foundationalism ...

Author: Jay F. Rosenberg

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

ISBN: 0872205363

Category: Philosophy

Page: 58

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In Jay Rosenberg's lively and accessible introductory dialogue, four bright students explore a number of the central topics and problems of contemporary epistemology--skepticism and certainty, internalism and externalism, foundationalism and coherentism, and the nature and limits of justification. Their wide-ranging discussion highlights many of the vivid and imaginative thought-experiments that have shaped both classical and contemporary reflections on the scope and character of our knowledge of the world.

Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius Dante and Goethe

2019-08-13

He wrote approximately twentyfour dialogues, which typically feature an inquirer
and a respondent exploring a topic. Plato maintained that the observable world is
made up of imperfect copies of unchanging ideal “Forms” that constitute true ...

Author: George Santayana

Publisher: MIT Press

ISBN: 9780262043359

Category: Philosophy

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Santayana's argument for the unity of philosophy and poetry. This concise and compelling volume—described by Santayana as a “piece of literary criticism, together with a first broad lesson in the history of philosophy”—introduces Santayana's thought in the rich context of a European poetic tradition that demonstrates his broad conception of philosophy. Rejecting both the Platonic opposition of philosophy and poetry and more recent attempts to reduce philosophy to science, Santayana argues that philosophy and poetry at their best are united in articulating a comprehensive vision of the world that permits honest contemplation of the universe. He considers the ideal visions of three artists: Lucretius's naturalism provides a total perspective on the physical world but renders experience monotonous; Dante's supernaturalism provides a total perspective on experience but subordinates nature to morality; Goethe's romanticism provides a dramatic perspective on nature and experience but lacks totality. Santayana sees each as the best in his own way, though none is best in all ways; and he speculates that the ideal poet would integrate the gifts and insights of all three, resulting in “rational art,” of which philosophical poetry is a prime example. This critical edition, volume VIII of The Works of George Santayana, includes notes, textual commentary, lists of variants and emendations, an index, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars.

Anselm Basic Writings

2007

Ranging from his early treatises, the Monologion (a work written to show his monks how to meditate on the divine essence) and the Proslogion (best known for its advancement of the so-called ontological argument for the existence of God), to ...

Author: Saint Anselm

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

ISBN: 9781603843263

Category: Philosophy

Page: 448

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Ranging from his early treatises, the Monologion (a work written to show his monks how to meditate on the divine essence) and the Proslogion (best known for its advancement of the so-called ontological argument for the existence of God), to his three philosophical dialogues on metaphysical topics such as the relationship between freedom and sin, and late treatises on the Incarnation and salvation, this collection of Anselm's essential writings will be a boon to students of the history of philosophy and theology as well as to anyone interested in examining what Anselm calls "the reason of faith".

Berkeley s World

2002

Tom Stoneham offers a clear and detailed study of Berkeley's metaphysics and epistemology, as presented in his classic work Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, originally published in 1713 and still widely studied today.

Author: Tom Stoneham

Publisher: Clarendon Press

ISBN: 0198752377

Category: Philosophy

Page: 308

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Tom Stoneham offers a clear and detailed study of Berkeley's metaphysics and epistemology, as presented in his classic work Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, originally published in 1713 and still widely studied today. Stoneham writes for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and academics in philosophy who are not specialists in the early modern period, and shows that Berkeley is an important and systematic philosopher whose work is stillof relevance to philosophers today.

A Bibliography of Philosophy

1972

189 A618tEh TRUTH , FREEDOM , AND EVIL ; THREE PHILOSOPHICAL
DIALOGUES . Ed . and trans . J. Hopkins & H. Richardson . New York , Harper &
Row , 1967 . AQUINAS , SAINT THOMAS . See : THOMAS AQUINAS , SAINT .

Author:

Publisher:

ISBN: MINN:31951D037908864

Category: Philosophy

Page: 71

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Philosophical Dialogues and Fragments

1883

Nearly three thousand Punic inscriptions , all similar to one another , have been
recently dug out of the earth . In each of these a Carthaginian devotee assures us
that Tanith and Baal - Hammon had heard his prayer , and that , in testimony ...

Author: Ernest Renan

Publisher:

ISBN: UCBK:C031104321

Category: Philosophy

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Handbook of the History of Philosophy

1887

Pre-Scholastic philosophy Albert Stöckl. composed in the order required by this
plan . He accordingly divides them into three groups : elementary dialogues ,
mediatory dialogues , and constructive dialogues . In the first group he sets down
as ...

Author: Albert Stöckl

Publisher:

ISBN: PRNC:32101046288484

Category: Philosophy

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Three Dialogues on Knowledge

1991-08-26

Paul Feyerabend's Three Dialogues on Knowledge resurrects the form to provide an astonishingly flexible and invigorating analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems.

Author: Paul Feyerabend

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

ISBN: 0631179186

Category: Philosophy

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The Socratic, or dialog, form is central to the history of philosophy and has been the discipline's canonical genre ever since. Paul Feyerabend's Three Dialogues on Knowledge resurrects the form to provide an astonishingly flexible and invigorating analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems. He uses literary strategies - of irony, voice and distance - to make profoundly philosophical points about the epistemic, existential and political aspects of common sense and scientific knowledge. He writes about ancient and modern relativism; the authority of science; the ignorance of scientists; the nature of being; and true and false enlightenment. Throughout Three Dialogues on Knowledge is provocative, controversial and inspiring. It is, unlike most current philosophical writing, written for readers with a keen sense of what matters and why.

Dialogues on the Philosophy of Marxism from the Proceedings of the Society for the Philosophical Study of Dialectical Materialism

1974

... dialogue because they have not yet succeeded in generating a constructive
philosophy of history. THE SHAPE OF ISSUES Now, in the context of a shared
legacy, let us identify three issues of a philosophical nature which I take to be
familiar ...

Author: Society for the Philosophical Study of Dialectical Materialism. Proceedings

Publisher: Praeger

ISBN: UOM:39015002168725

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 420

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Three Men of Letters

1895

... whose body was laid tenderly in Trinity churchyard at Newport ; here he wrote
his greatest and most famous literary work , the philosophical dialogue called “
Alciphron ” ; and here , by the disinterested and catholic love which he
manifested ...

Author: Moses Coit Tyler

Publisher:

ISBN: UOM:39015047655777

Category: Dwight, Timothy

Page: 200

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About Three American Writers Who Wrote During The Period Of The American Revolution.

The Platonic Dialogues for English Readers

1861

Third Edition . Three Volumes , Small Octavo . 248 . History of Scientific Ideas ,
being the First Part of a Third Edition of the “ Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences
. ” Two Volumes , Small Octavo . 148 . Novum Organon Renovatum ; being the ...

Author: Plato

Publisher:

ISBN: UIUC:30112101513049

Category: Philosophy

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