Being and Logos

John Sallis

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Reorients our reading and understanding of the Platonic dialogues.

"Being and Logos" is . . . a philosophical adventure of rare inspiration. . . . Its power to illuminate the text . . . , its ecumenicity of inspiration, its methodological rigor, its originality, and its philosophical profundity—all together make it one of the few philosophical interpretations that the philosopher will want to re-read along with the dialogues themselves. A superadded gift is the author's prose, which is a model of lucidity and grace."
—International Philosophical Quarterly

"Being and Logos is highly recommended for those who wish to learn how a thoughtful scholar approaches Platonic dialogues as well as for those who wish to consider a serious discussion of some basic themes in the dialogues."
—The Academic Reviewer

Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Section 1. On Reading Plato
Section 2. The Questions: Philosophy, Logos, Being
Section 3. The Way of Platonic Dialogue: Preliminary Reflections
Part One. Socratic Logos
Chapter I. Provocations of Socratic Logos: Apology of Socrates
Section 1. The Prologue to the Apology (17 a - 19 a)
Section 2. The Way of Socrates
Section 3. Service to Apollo (10 d - 24 b)
Section 4. Socrates and the City (24 b - 42 a)
Chapter II. Ignorance and Recollection: Meno
Section 1. Meno (70 a - 79 e)
Section 2. Meno and Socrates (79 e - 86 d)
Section 3. Meno and Anytus (86 d - 96 d)
Section 4. Meno, Socrates, Anytus (96 d - 100 c)
Chapter III. Beyond the City: Phaedrus
Section 1. The Setting (227 a - 230 e)
Section 2. The Three Speeches (230 e -2 57 b)
Section 3. The Perfection of Speech (257 b - 279 c)
Postscript to Part One. The Way of Platonic Dialogue: Further Reflections
Part Two. Being and Logos
Chapter IV. Logos and Its Parts: Cratylus
Section 1. The Problem of Names (383 a - 384 c)
Section 2. The Art of Naming (384 c - 390 e)
Section 3. Human Names and Divine Names (390 e- 397 a)
Section 4. The Etymological Comedy (397 a - 421 c)
Section 5. Imitation (421 c - 427 e)
Section 6. Cratylus (427 e - 437 d)
Section 7. Names and Things (437 d - 440 e)
Chapter V. The Upward Way: Republic
Section 1. Down to Piraeus (Book I)
Section 2. The City and the Soul (Book II - Book V, 473 c)
Section 3. The Philosopher (473 c- 507 b)
Section 4. The Good (507 b - 509 c)
Section 5. The Divided Line (509 d - 511 e, 521 c - 535 a)
Section 6. The Cave (514 a - 521 b)
Chapter VI. The Way of Logos: Sophist
Section 1. In Search of the Sophist (216 a - 232 a)
Section 2. The Problem of Being and Non-Being (232 a - 251 a)
Section 3. Being and Non-Being (251 a - 259 d)
Section 4. The Community of Being and Logos (259 d - 268 d)
Postscript. The Way of Platonic Dialogue
Indexes

Sujets

• PHILOSOPHY
• Phenomenology
• Religious studies
• General officer
• Plato
• General

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 20 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780253044341
• Langue: English

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BEING AND LOGOS
The Collected Writings of John Sallis, Vol. I/2
BEING AND LOGOS
Reading the Platonic Dialogues
COLLECTED WRITINGS EDITION
John Sallis
Indiana University Press
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Collected Writings Edition 2019
2019 by John Sallis
First edition 1975 by Duquesne University
Second edition 1986 by Humanities Press International, Inc.
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Sallis, John [date]
Being and logos : reading the Platonic dialogues / Jhm Sallis. - 3rd ed.
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CONTENTS
PREFACES
INTRODUCTION
Section 1. On Reading Plato
Section 2. The Questions: Philosophy, Logos , Being
Section 3. The Way of Platonic Dialogue: Preliminary Reflections
PART ONE. SOCRATIC LOGOS
CHAPTER I. PROVOCATIONS OF SOCRATIC LOGOS: APOLOGY OF SOCRATES
Section 1. The Prologue to the Apology (17 a - 19 a)
(a) The Preface (17 a - 18 a)
(b) The Setting Forth of the Accusations (18 a - 19 a)
Section 2. The Way of Socrates
(a) Aristophanes and Anaxagoras (19 a - d)
(b) In Search of Causes ( Phaedo 95 e - 102 a)
Section 3. Service to Apollo (19 d - 24 b)
(a) Images of Sophistry (19 d - 21 a)
(b) The Saying of the Oracle (21 a - 24 b)
Section 4. Socrates and the City (24 b - 42 a)
(a) The Philosopher s Stand with Respect to the City
(b) How the Philosopher Appears to the City
CHAPTER II. IGNORANCE AND RECOLLECTION: MENO
Section 1. Meno (70 a - 79 e)
(a) Who Is Meno? (70 a - 71 d)
(b) Whole and Parts (71 e - 74 b)
(c) Logos and the Whole (74 b - 77 b)
(d) Memory and the Whole (77 b - 79 e)
Section 2. Meno and Socrates (79 e - 86 d)
(a) Meno s Paradox (79 e - 81 a)
(b) Recollection and the Paradox (81 a - e)
(c) Recollection and Imaging ( Phaedo 72 e - 75 d)
(d) Exhibition (81 e - 85 c)
(e) Who Meno Is (85 c - 86 d)
Section 3. Meno and Anytus (86 d - 96 d)
(a) Virtue and Knowledge
(b) Anytus and the Whole
Section 4. Meno, Socrates, Anytus (96 d - 100 c)
(a) Opinion
(b) Divine Dispensation
CHAPTER III. BEYOND THE CITY: PHAEDRUS
Section 1. The Setting (227 a - 230 e)
(a) The Opening Question (227 a - b)
(b) Love of Speeches (227 b - 230 e)
Section 2. The Three Speeches (230 e - 257 b)
(a) Lysias Speech (230 e - 237 a)
(b) Socrates First Speech (237 a - 243 e)
(c) Socrates Second Speech (243 e - 257 b)
(i) Madness (243 e - 245 c)
(ii) The Question of the Soul (245 c - 246 a)
(iii) The Movement of the Soul (246 a - 249 d)
(iv) The Beautiful (249 d - 257 b)
Section 3. The Perfection of Speech (257 b - 279 c)
(a) Written Speeches (257 b - 259 d)
(b) Speech and Knowledge (259 e - 261 a)
(c) Dialectic (261 a - 269 c)
(d) Speech and the Soul (269 c - 279 c)
POSTSCRIPT TO PART ONE .
The Way of Platonic Dialogue: Further Reflections
PART TWO. BEING AND LOGOS
CHAPTER IV. LOGOS AND ITS PARTS: CRATYLUS
Section 1. The Problem of Names (383 a - 384 c)
(a) Cratylus (383 a - 384 a)
(b) The Initial Appeals (384 a - 384 c)
Section 2. The Art of Naming (384 c - 390 e)
(a) Hermogenes (384 c - 385 b)
(b) Truth and Measure (385 b - 386 d)
(c) The Virtue of Naming (386 d - 388 a)
(d) The End of Naming (388 a - c)
(e) The Origin of Names (388 c - 389 a)
(f) The Making and Testing of Names (389 a - 390 e)
Section 3. Human Names and Divine Names (390 e - 397 a)
(a) Natural Names (390 e - 392 b)
(b) Prelude to the Comedy (392 b - 396 d)
(c) The Appeal to Divine Names
(d) Inspiration (396 d - 397 a)
(e) Dialectic and Etymology
Section 4. The Etymological Comedy (397 a - 421 c)
(a) Ways of Interpretation
(b) Structure of the Etymologies (397 a - c)
(c) Descent (397 c - 400 c)
(d) Measure (400 d - 408 d)
(e) Movement (408 d - 421 c)
Section 5. Imitation (421 c - 427 e)
(a) The Primary Names (421 c - 422 b)
(b) Naming as Imitation (422 b - 424 a)
(c) Imitation and the Making of Logos (424 a - 426 b)
(d) The Comic Regress (426 b - 427 e)
Section 6. Cratylus (427 e - 437 d)
(a) Falsehood (427 e - 429 e)
(b) Images (429 e - 433 b)
(c) Cratylus and Hermogenes (433 b - 435 d)
(d) Cratylus and Socrates (435 d - 437 d)
Section 7. Names and Things (437 d - 440 e)
(a) The Measure of Names (437 d - 439 b)
(b) Socrates Dreams (439 b - d)
(c) Being of Which the Search Is (439 d - 440 e)
CHAPTER V. THE UPWARD WAY: REPUBLIC
Section 1. Down to Piraeus (Book I)
(a) The Mythos of the Republic (327 a - b)
(b) The Initial Confrontation (327 b - 328 b)
(c) Cephalus (328 b - 331 d)
(d) Polemarchus (331 d - 336 a)
(e) Thrasymachus(336 b - 354c)
(i) The Advantage of the Stronger (338 c - 347 e)
(ii) Is Injustice Stronger? (347 e - 354 c)
Section 2. The City and the Soul (Book II - Book V, 473 c)
(a) The New Beginning (357 a - 367 e)
(b) The Building of Cities (367 e - 427 d)
(i) The City of Artisans (369 b - 372 c)
(ii) The Luxurious City and Its Purging (372 c - 376 c)
(iii) Education of the Guardians (376 c - 404 e)
(c) Virtue (427 d - 445 e)
(i) Virtue in the City (427 d - 434 c)
(ii) Virtue and the Soul (434 d - 445 e)
(d) The Comedy of the City (449 a - 473 c)
Section 3. The Philosopher (473 c - 507 b)
(a) The Philosopher as Lover (474 c - 475 e)
(b) The Philosopher and the Eide (475 e - 476 d)
(c) Knowledge and Opinion (476 d - 480 a)
(d) The Philosopher and the City (484 a - 507 b)
Section 4. The Good (507 b - 509 c)
(a) The Analogy (507 b - 508 d)
(b) Good, Truth, Being (508 e - 509 c)
Section 5. The Divided Line (509 d - 511 e, 521 c - 535 a)
(a) The Three Statements
(b) The Visible
(c) Dianoia
(i) Socrates Statements Regarding Dianoia
(ii) The Provocation and Course of Dianoia
(iii) The Two Kinds of Dianoia
(iv) The Beginning of Upward-Moving Dianoia
(d) Dialectic
Section 6. The Cave (514 a - 521 b)
(a) Gathering
(b) Negativity
(c) The Downward Way and the Unity of the Republic
CHAPTER VI. THE WAY OF LOGOS: SOPHIST
Section 1. In Search of the Sophist (216 a - 232 a)
(a) The Prologue (216 a - 218 a)
(b) The Angler (218 a - 221 c)
(c) The First Five Sophists (221 c - 226 a)
(d) The Sixth Sophist (226 a - 232 a)
Section 2. The Problem of Being and Non-Being (232 a - 251 a)
(a) The New Search (232 a - 236 d)
(b) The Problems (236 d - 242 b)
(i) Appearance, False Logos , False Opinion (236 c - 237 b)
(ii) Non-Being (237 b - 239 c)
(iii) Image (239 c - 242 b)
(c) The Questioning of Parmenides (242 b - 245 e)
(d) The Battle of Giants (245 e - 251 a)
(i) The Giants (246 e - 248 a)
(ii) Friends of the Eide (248 a - 249 d)
(iii) Aporia about Being (249 d - 251 a)
Section 3. Being and Non-Being (251 a - 259 d)
(a) Community (251 a - 252 e)
(b) Dialectic (252 e - 254 b)
(c) The Five Kinds (254 b - 257 a)
(i) Preliminary Considerations
(ii) Principal Considerations
(d) Non-Being as Other (257 a - 259 d)
Section 4. The Community of Being and Logos (259 d - 268 d)
(a) The Task (259 d - 261 c)
(b) Names and Logos (261 c - 262 e)
(c) True and False Logos (262 e - 264 b)
(d) Capture (264 b - 268 d)
POSTSCRIPT .
The Way of Platonic Dialogue
INDEXES
BEING AND LOGOS: READING THE PLATONIC DIALOGUES
John Sallis
Preface to the First Edition
This attempt to engage in an originary reading of certain Platonic dialogues has its provocation. The form which such provocation takes may be-in some respects, must be-alien to Greek thought; as, correspondingly, a provocative saying delivered through the Pythian priestess is alien to the circle of our thought, that is, is incapable, as provocative, of breaking immediately into that circle. The form of the provocation testifies to our distance from the beginnings that precede the philosophical tradition.
But, if it were otherwise, if there were no provocation operative, an originary reading would be unthinkable.
What is called for is tha