A S Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5716771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A S Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | A S |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1913 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Platonic Choice of Lives
The Platonic Choice of Lives Get access A. S. Ferguson A. S. Ferguson King's College, Aberdeen. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 1, October 1950, Pages 5–34, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216496 Published: 01 October 1950
Plato's Simile of Light Again
The similes of the Sun, Line, and Cave in the Republic remain a reproach to Platonic scholarship because there is no agreement about them, though they are meant to illustrate. I propose to analyse the form of the argument, a clue that has never been properly weighed. The Greek theory and practice of analogia and diairesis give good evidence about the method that Plato adopted; if this usage were respected, the analogical argument would not be so …
Plato's Simile of Light (continued). Part II. The Allegory of the Cave
The first part of this paper argued that the traditional application of the Cave to the Line was not intended by Plato, and led to a misunderstanding of both similes. The Cave, it was said, is attached to the simile of the Sun and the Line by the visible region outside the cave, which is a reintegration of the symbolism of sun, originals and images in the sunlight, and the new system of objects inside the cave is compared and contrasted with the …
On a Supposed Instance of Dualism in Plato
EΞ ΥΠΟΒΟΛΗσ
Τ⋯ τε 'Ομ⋯ρον ⋯ξ ὑποβολ⋯ς γ⋯γραφε [σόλων] ῥαψῳδεῖσθαι, οἷον ὅπου ό πρ⋯τος ἒληξεν ⋯κεῖθεν ἂρχεσθαι τòν ⋯χ;óμεν㦿ν (Diogenes Laertius, I. 2, 57). It would be tedious to trace the course of the controversy about this phrase. Since Hermann showed that ύποβάλλειν means ‘subiicere alteri quod recordetur uel dicat’ (as in administering an oath), the many conflicting interpretations have been obliged to resort to some device, more or less strained, in ord…
Plato's Simile of Light. Part I. The Similes of The Sun and The Line
No part ot Plato's writings has been more debated than the three similes in Books VI.-VII. of the Republic , and still there is a diversity of opinion about their meaning. I believe that most of these difficulties arise from certain assumptions about their purpose which need revision. The current view applies the Cave to the Line, as Plato seems to direct, and this application, which is itself attended by considerable difficulties, leads to an as…
Some Suggestions in Ethics
Plato, Republic 421B
єί μέƲ ο$$v$$Ʋ ήμєȋς μέƲ φƲλακЃκ ώς άληθῶς ποіοῶμєƲ, ἥкіστα КαКоύρΥονς Τῆςs πóλєѡς, ό δ' ὲκєîƲo גέγѡƲ γєѡργούς τιƲɑς καì ὥσπєρ έƲ παƲƞΥύρєі άλλ' οὐ᧻ ÉƲ πόλєі έσΤιάΤορας єύδαίμοƲας, ȁλιƲ ȁƲ ΤΙ ἥ πóλιƲ λέλoi. ‘More simply expressed,’ write Jowett and Campbell, ‘the sense is as follows: “If the idea of a state requires the citizens to be guardians, he who converts them into rustic holiday-workers will mean something that is not a state.“’ This rende…
Marriage Regulations in the Republic
The ideal city of Plato could only come true if three great and unlikely changes were made in the state. Neither Plato's contemporaries nor later generations have been able to breast the second of these ‘waves,’ which brings in a new order of marriage for guardians. The scheme is condemned as not only not good or possible—the Platonic tests—but as inconsistent with itself and with the account given in the Timaeus . The parts under censure are the…
The Impiety of Socrates
In Varia Socratica Professor A. E. Taylor devotes his first chapter to a proof that the impiety for which Socrates was condemned consisted in his connection with an Orphic-Pythagorean cult. This argument has more than historical interest, for it is the first step in an attempt to attribute to Socrates, and ultimately to Pythagorean sources, doctrines hitherto regarded as Platonic. Much of Dr. Taylor′s new evidence seems to rest on passages which …
Plato's Simile of Light. Part I. The Similes of The Sun and The Line
No part ot Plato's writings has been more debated than the three similes in Books VI.-VII. of the Republic , and still there is a diversity of opinion about their meaning. I believe that most of these difficulties arise from certain assumptions about their purpose which need revision. The current view applies the Cave to the Line, as Plato seems to direct, and this application, which is itself attended by considerable difficulties, leads to an as…
Plato's Simile of Light Again
The similes of the Sun, Line, and Cave in the Republic remain a reproach to Platonic scholarship because there is no agreement about them, though they are meant to illustrate. I propose to analyse the form of the argument, a clue that has never been properly weighed. The Greek theory and practice of analogia and diairesis give good evidence about the method that Plato adopted; if this usage were respected, the analogical argument would not be so …
The Impiety of Socrates
In Varia Socratica Professor A. E. Taylor devotes his first chapter to a proof that the impiety for which Socrates was condemned consisted in his connection with an Orphic-Pythagorean cult. This argument has more than historical interest, for it is the first step in an attempt to attribute to Socrates, and ultimately to Pythagorean sources, doctrines hitherto regarded as Platonic. Much of Dr. Taylor′s new evidence seems to rest on passages which …
The Impiety of Socrates
In Varia Socratica Professor A. E. Taylor devotes his first chapter to a proof that the impiety for which Socrates was condemned consisted in his connection with an Orphic-Pythagorean cult. This argument has more than historical interest, for it is the first step in an attempt to attribute to Socrates, and ultimately to Pythagorean sources, doctrines hitherto regarded as Platonic. Much of Dr. Taylor′s new evidence seems to rest on passages which …
Marriage Regulations in the Republic
The ideal city of Plato could only come true if three great and unlikely changes were made in the state. Neither Plato's contemporaries nor later generations have been able to breast the second of these ‘waves,’ which brings in a new order of marriage for guardians. The scheme is condemned as not only not good or possible—the Platonic tests—but as inconsistent with itself and with the account given in the Timaeus . The parts under censure are the…
Some Suggestions in Ethics
Plato, Republic 421B
єί μέƲ ο$$v$$Ʋ ήμєȋς μέƲ φƲλακЃκ ώς άληθῶς ποіοῶμєƲ, ἥкіστα КαКоύρΥονς Τῆςs πóλєѡς, ό δ' ὲκєîƲo גέγѡƲ γєѡργούς τιƲɑς καì ὥσπєρ έƲ παƲƞΥύρєі άλλ' οὐ᧻ ÉƲ πόλєі έσΤιάΤορας єύδαίμοƲας, ȁλιƲ ȁƲ ΤΙ ἥ πóλιƲ λέλoi. ‘More simply expressed,’ write Jowett and Campbell, ‘the sense is as follows: “If the idea of a state requires the citizens to be guardians, he who converts them into rustic holiday-workers will mean something that is not a state.“’ This rende…
On a Supposed Instance of Dualism in Plato
EΞ ΥΠΟΒΟΛΗσ
Τ⋯ τε 'Ομ⋯ρον ⋯ξ ὑποβολ⋯ς γ⋯γραφε [σόλων] ῥαψῳδεῖσθαι, οἷον ὅπου ό πρ⋯τος ἒληξεν ⋯κεῖθεν ἂρχεσθαι τòν ⋯χ;óμεν㦿ν (Diogenes Laertius, I. 2, 57). It would be tedious to trace the course of the controversy about this phrase. Since Hermann showed that ύποβάλλειν means ‘subiicere alteri quod recordetur uel dicat’ (as in administering an oath), the many conflicting interpretations have been obliged to resort to some device, more or less strained, in ord…
Plato's Simile of Light. Part I. The Similes of The Sun and The Line
No part ot Plato's writings has been more debated than the three similes in Books VI.-VII. of the Republic , and still there is a diversity of opinion about their meaning. I believe that most of these difficulties arise from certain assumptions about their purpose which need revision. The current view applies the Cave to the Line, as Plato seems to direct, and this application, which is itself attended by considerable difficulties, leads to an as…
Plato's Simile of Light (continued). Part II. The Allegory of the Cave
The first part of this paper argued that the traditional application of the Cave to the Line was not intended by Plato, and led to a misunderstanding of both similes. The Cave, it was said, is attached to the simile of the Sun and the Line by the visible region outside the cave, which is a reintegration of the symbolism of sun, originals and images in the sunlight, and the new system of objects inside the cave is compared and contrasted with the …
Plato's Simile of Light Again
The similes of the Sun, Line, and Cave in the Republic remain a reproach to Platonic scholarship because there is no agreement about them, though they are meant to illustrate. I propose to analyse the form of the argument, a clue that has never been properly weighed. The Greek theory and practice of analogia and diairesis give good evidence about the method that Plato adopted; if this usage were respected, the analogical argument would not be so …
The Platonic Choice of Lives
The Platonic Choice of Lives Get access A. S. Ferguson A. S. Ferguson King's College, Aberdeen. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 1, October 1950, Pages 5–34, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216496 Published: 01 October 1950
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