Plato's Unwritten Doctrines
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80 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2025
Summary
This Element examines the arguments advanced by the Tübingen-Milan School in support of the claim that Plato had Unwritten Doctrines (agrapha dogmata), revealed in Aristotle and other testimonia and indicated – but not explicitly treated – in some of his dialogues. The Unwritten Doctrines are primarily concerned with Plato’s Theory of Principles of (the One and the Indefinite Dyad) which accounts for unity and multiplicity respectively. This Element considers two opposing approaches to readin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009506205 |
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| ISBN-10: | 100950620X |
| Author: | Carl Séan O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 151mm |
| Series: | Elements in Ancient Philosophy |
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’… this monograph provides a valuable stimulus for English-speaking scholars to engage more rigorously with this important, yet frequently neglected field of enquiry.’ Rafael Ferber, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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