The Idea of the Good in Platonic-Aristotelian Philosophy

by Hans-Georg Gadamer

Book Overview

One of this century's most important philosophers here focuses on Plato's Protagoras, Phaedo, Republic, and Philebus and on Aristotle's three moral treatises to show the essential continuity of Platonic and Aristotelian reflection on the nature of the good.
"Well translated and usefully annotated by P. Christopher Smith.... Gadamer's book exhibits a broad and grand vision as well as a great love for the Greek thinkers."--Alexander...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300041144
• ISBN13: 9780300041149
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"