Virtue in the Cave is a study of Plato's Meno. Taking the dialogue's central theme to be the question of what virtue is, this book explores the limits of moral inquiry. It argues that, unlike mathematical problems that can be resolved definitively, and unlike technical enterprises whose success can be objectively assessed, moral matters can be only tentatively settled by reason...(展开全部)

Júlia Sardà spins an enthralling and evocative tale rich with layers of meaning to be unearthed. One night, Franca has a dream about a marvellous queen. And now she feels intrigued… Eager to know more about this mystical figure, Franca shares her dream with her two younger sisters. Together, they set out on an enchanting adventure to discover the kingdom of the queen in the cav...(展开全部)

大卫·刘易斯-威廉斯 （David Lewis-Williams） 约翰内斯堡威特沃特斯兰德大学岩石艺术研究所名誉教授和高级导师。 因其毕生在远古岩画艺术方面的研究而闻名于世，2015年，南非总统向其颁发金质猴面包树勋章（Order of the Baobab in Gold），以表彰其对考古学的杰出贡献。他的作品包括《破译古代思想：圣布须曼岩画之谜》（Deciphering Ancient Minds: The Mystery of San Bushmen Rock Art）、《想象上帝：宗教的认知起源和演变》（Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion）、《走进新石器时代的心灵：意识、宇宙和神的领域》（Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consc...(展开全部)

Nomy Arpaly rejects the model of rationality used by most ethicists and action theorists. Both observation and psychology indicate that people act rationally without deliberation, and act irrationally with deliberation. By questioning the notion that our own minds are comprehensible to us-and therefore questioning much of the current work of action theorists and ethicists-Arpal...(展开全部)

In the "Statesman," Plato brings together--only to challenge and displace--his own crowning contributions to philosophical method, political theory, and drama. In his 1980 study, reprinted here, Mitchell Miller employs literary theory and conceptual analysis to expose the philosophical, political, and pedagogical conflict that is the underlying context of the dialogue, revealin...(展开全部)

In the "Statesman," Plato brings together--only to challenge and displace--his own crowning contributions to philosophical method, political theory, and drama. In his 1980 study, reprinted here, Mitchell Miller employs literary theory and conceptual analysis to expose the philosophical, political, and pedagogical conflict that is the underlying context of the dialogue, revealin...(展开全部)

In this classic work, Alasdair MacIntyre examines the historical and conceptual roots of the idea of virtue, diagnoses the reasons for its absence in personal and public life, and offers a tentative proposal for its recovery. While the individual chapters are wide-ranging, once pieced together they comprise a penetrating and focused argument about the price of modernity. In the...(展开全部)

大卫·刘易斯-威廉斯 （David Lewis-Williams） 约翰内斯堡威特沃特斯兰德大学岩石艺术研究所名誉教授和高级导师。 因其毕生在远古岩画艺术方面的研究而闻名于世，2015年，南非总统向其颁发金质猴面包树勋章（Order of the Baobab in Gold），以表彰其对考古学的杰出贡献。他的作品包括《破译古代思想：圣布须曼岩画之谜》（Deciphering Ancient Minds: The Mystery of San Bushmen Rock Art）、《想象上帝：宗教的认知起源和演变》（Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion）、《走进新石器时代的心灵：意识、宇宙和神的领域》（Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consc...(展开全部)

The "Meno", one of the most widely read of the Platonic dialogues, is seen afresh in this original interpretation that explores the dialogue as a theatrical presentation. Just as Socrates's listeners would have questioned and examined their own thinking in response to the presentation, so, Klein shows, should modern readers become involved in the drama of the dialogue. Klein of...(展开全部)

The "Meno", one of the most widely read of the Platonic dialogues, is seen afresh in this original interpretation that explores the dialogue as a theatrical presentation. Just as Socrates's listeners would have questioned and examined their own thinking in response to the presentation, so, Klein shows, should modern readers become involved in the drama of the dialogue. Klein of...(展开全部)