Plato's Dialogues

Path to Initiation

Carol Dunn

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  • Demonstrates how the dialogues embody both a rational philosophy and a system of spiritual and religious principles
  • For anyone who wishes to penetrate an ancient, though largely overlooked, path to initiation

An insightful study of Plato's dialogues and their relevance for our lives today as a path to enlightenment.

Format:
paperback
Size:
229 x 152 mm
Publisher:
Portal Books
Subject:
Philosophy of Human Life
Extent:
320 pages
ISBN:
9780983198468
Publication date:
15 Dec 2015

Description

Many books have been written about Plato's dialogues and philosophy, but most miss what Carol Dunn considers the most important part: the action that follows the thinking. Specifically, she argues that scholars often neglect to explore what should be done with the knowledge that is gained.

In this insightful book, Dunn proposes that knowledge itself is important not in an abstract way but because of how it determine the meaning and purpose of our own lives, and demonstrates how the dialogues embody both a rational philosophy and a system of spiritual and religious principles whose purpose is to lay out the path to enlightenment.

This book is not just for scholars of Plato's philosophy, but for anyone who wishes to penetrate an ancient, though largely overlooked, path to initiation.

Author

Carol Dunn was born in England, and moved to the US in her twenties. She obtained a BA in Philosophy and Art History and an MA in Philosophy, from City University of New York.

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