The idea of the good in Platonic-Aristotelian philosophy
By: Hans-Georg Gadamer ; translated and with an introduction and annotation by P. Christopher Smith.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Plato -- Ethics; Aristotle -- Ethics; Ethics, Ancient
First sentence: Though shorter than Truth and Method1 and, as Gadamer readily acknowledges, not a completely unified study, "The Idea of the Good in Platonic-Aristotelian Philosophy" must be counted nonetheless among Gadamer's most important books.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Die Idee des Guten zwischen Plato und Aristoteles.
Table of contents: label: Translator's Introduction
title: vii; label: Preface
title: 1; label: 1
title: The Question at Issue
pagenum: 7; label: 2
title: Socratic Knowing and Not-Knowing
pagenum: 33; label: 3
title: The Polis and the Knowledge of the Good
pagenum: 63; label: 4
title: The Dialectic of the Good in the Philebus
pagenum: 104; label: 5
title: Aristotle's Critique of the Idea of the Good
pagenum: 126; label: 6
title: The Idea of Practical Philosophy
pagenum: 159; label: Index
title: 179