Ileana F Szymanski
Biographic Data
| ID | 6703877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ileana F Szymanski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ileana F |
| FAMILY NAME | Szymanski |
| SIGNATURE | SZYMANSKI I F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Scranton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Significance of Food in Plato's Republic , Book I
In this article I explore the several mentions of food that Plato makes in the first book of his work, Republic. I propose that the occurrences of examples and metaphors about food in this book strongly suggest that Plato used food as a metaphor for philosophy: Socrates, playing the role of philosopher and doctor, dispenses food (i.e. philosophy) to those in need of healing. These are not only the future inhabitants of the ideal city of Republic,…
The Metaphysics and Ethics of Food as Activity
The many ways in which we interact with food, e.g., eating, cooking, purchasing, farming, legislating, etc., are intersected by ethics and politics. The terms of our interactions with food are dictated in a significant way by how we understand its metaphysical underpinnings; that is to say, by how we define “food.” When food is understood as nothing more than it becomes easier to dismiss our political and ethical obligations since, after all, foo…
Statesman, Magician or Physician? Comments on Randall B. Clark's The Law Most Beautiful and Best
The Law Most Beautiful and Best: Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Plato’s Laws. By Randall Baldwin Clark (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003), xiv + 178 pp. $55.00 cloth
The Significance of Food in Plato's Republic , Book I
In this article I explore the several mentions of food that Plato makes in the first book of his work, Republic. I propose that the occurrences of examples and metaphors about food in this book strongly suggest that Plato used food as a metaphor for philosophy: Socrates, playing the role of philosopher and doctor, dispenses food (i.e. philosophy) to those in need of healing. These are not only the future inhabitants of the ideal city of Republic,…
The Metaphysics and Ethics of Food as Activity
The many ways in which we interact with food, e.g., eating, cooking, purchasing, farming, legislating, etc., are intersected by ethics and politics. The terms of our interactions with food are dictated in a significant way by how we understand its metaphysical underpinnings; that is to say, by how we define “food.” When food is understood as nothing more than it becomes easier to dismiss our political and ethical obligations since, after all, foo…
Statesman, Magician or Physician? Comments on Randall B. Clark's The Law Most Beautiful and Best
The Law Most Beautiful and Best: Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Plato’s Laws. By Randall Baldwin Clark (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003), xiv + 178 pp. $55.00 cloth
The Significance of Food in Plato's Republic , Book I
In this article I explore the several mentions of food that Plato makes in the first book of his work, Republic. I propose that the occurrences of examples and metaphors about food in this book strongly suggest that Plato used food as a metaphor for philosophy: Socrates, playing the role of philosopher and doctor, dispenses food (i.e. philosophy) to those in need of healing. These are not only the future inhabitants of the ideal city of Republic,…
The Metaphysics and Ethics of Food as Activity
The many ways in which we interact with food, e.g., eating, cooking, purchasing, farming, legislating, etc., are intersected by ethics and politics. The terms of our interactions with food are dictated in a significant way by how we understand its metaphysical underpinnings; that is to say, by how we define “food.” When food is understood as nothing more than it becomes easier to dismiss our political and ethical obligations since, after all, foo…
Philosophy (3 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (1 work) · Ideal (ethics (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Metaphor (1 work)