Listening to Reason in Plato and Aristotle
Author:   Dominic Scott (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   280
Publication Date:   02 November 2020
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Author:   Dominic Scott (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 24.00cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9780198863328


ISBN 10:   0198863322
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   02 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Plato's Republic Introduction to Part I: Three Levels of Argument 1: The Longer Route 2: The Middle Route 3: The Shorter Route 4: The Role of Education 5: Irrationality in Republic VIII-IX: Timocracy and Oligarchy 6: Irrationality in Republic VIII-IX: Democracy and Tyranny Interim Conclusions Part II: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Introduction to Part II: the Target Audience of the Nicomachean Ethics 7: The Functions of the Nicomachean Ethics 8: Aristotle and Moral Scepticism 9: The Young 10: Further Exclusions 11: Women and Moral Argument 12: The Roles of Music and Habituation Conclusion

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...a valuable contribution to the literature. * MELISSA LANE, Princeton University, THE CLASSICAL REVIEW *


Scott is a sensitive and careful reader of texts. He has a keen eye for the philological issues that affect the philosophy. * Lloyd P. Gerson, Toronto, Gnomon * ...a valuable contribution to the literature. * MELISSA LANE, Princeton University, THE CLASSICAL REVIEW *


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Dominic Scott is a professor of philosophy at Oxford University, having worked as a lecturer at Cambridge University and then a professor at the University of Virginia. He has also held visiting positions at Princeton, Harvard, and the Center for Hellenic Studies Washington DC. In 2001-3 he was a British Academy Research Reader and in 2016 a Humboldt Fellow based in Munich. He has written three monographs on ancient philosophy and edited two further books, as well as co-authoring The Humanities World Report 2015.

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