Plato and the Question of Beauty

by Drew A. Hyland

Drew A. Hyland, one of Continental philosophy's keenest interpreters of Plato, takes up the question of beauty in three Platonic dialogues, the Hippias Major, Symposium, and Phaedrus. What Plato meant by beauty is not easily characterized, and Hyland's close readings show that Plato ultimately gives up on the possibility of a definition. Plato's failure, however, tells us something important about beauty--that it cannot be reduced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253219779
• ISBN13: 9780253219770
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher