Cristina Ionescu

Biographic Data

ID5648632
NAMECristina Ionescu
GIVEN NAMESCristina
FAMILY NAMEIonescu
SIGNATUREIONESCU C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Regina
ORCID0009-0005-3920-8778
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX0

  • Due Measure and the Dialectical Method in Plato’s Statesman

    Cristina Ionescu, Philosophy Documentation CenterARTICLEJournal of Philosophical Research2016

    In this paper I explore the relevance of due measure for the dialectical method of division in Plato’s Statesman, and I argue that due measure is the unifying thread of the dialogue insofar as it guides the application of the dialectical method throughout the conversation. I defend this view by showing (a) that due measure accounts for the Stranger’s shift from bisective and value-neutral divisions to non-bisective divisions that identify the ess…

  • Dialectical Method and Myth in Plato’s Statesman

    Cristina Ionescu, Mathesis Publications et al.ARTICLEAncient Philosophy2014

  • Dialectic in Plato's Sophist

    Cristina IonescuARTICLEArethusa2013

    This paper explores the Eleatic Stranger's use of the method of division in the Sophist and attempts to reveal it to be a dialectical method of discovery, not of demonstration, that proceeds tentatively while it ultimately aims to ground its discoveries in the communion of the very great kinds. To illuminate this view, I argue for three main theses: first, that the method of division is a method of discovery, not of demonstration; secondly, that …

  • Recollection and the Method of Collection and Division in the Phaedrus

    Cristina Ionescu, Philosophy Documentation CenterARTICLEJournal of Philosophical Research2012

  • Hybrid Varieties of Pleasure and the Complex Case of the Pleasures of Learning in Plato's Philebus

    Open AccessCristina IonescuARTICLEDialogue2008References: 10

    This article addresses two main concerns: first, the relation between the truth/falsehood and purity/impurity criteria as applied to pleasure, and, second, the status of our pleasures of learning. In addressing the first, I argue that Plato keeps the truth/falsehood and purity/impurity criteria distinct in his assessment of pleasures and thus leaves room for the possibility of hybrid pleasures in the form of true impure pleasures and false pure p…

  • The Transition from the Lower to the Higher Mysteries of Love in Plato's Symposium

    Open AccessCristina IonescuARTICLEDialogue2007References: 5

    In the Symposium Socrates shows how Diotima initiated him into the mysteries of love in two stages. Yet, at first sight, the teachings offered at the two stages seem divergent and discontinuous. In this article I argue that we can understand the continuity between them if we regard Diotima's notions of spiritual pregnancy and birth-giving as metaphors suggesting that the metaphysical horizon looming in the background of her teaching is that of Pl…