02246cam a2200469Ia 4500 ocn811491046 OCoLC 20200709055600.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120906s2012 nyu o 000 0 eng d MHW eng MHW YDXCP N$T 9780773418684 (electronic bk.) 0773418687 (electronic bk.) 0773418687 (OCoLC)811491046 479142 (N$T) BD21 PHI 002000 bisacsh PHI 035000 bisacsh PHI 021000 bisacsh 100 180 22 N$TA Weierter, Stuart. Understanding Life and Death through Plato and Socrates [electronic resource] : Philosophy as a Confrontation with Eternity. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012. 1 online resource (314 p.) Description based upon print version of record. It fills in a gap by outlining the ways that Plato and Socrates talk about life and death. There is also a lengthy discussion of how Aristophanes responded with satirical exaggerations of their positions. This author focuses entirely on how death and eternity are integral thematic components of the Platonic dialogues. The contribution is in drawing on copious secondary material to make the argument that all great philosophy must serve as a confrontation with eternity. It must make the audience resolve the issue of their own mortality by confronting our precarious place in the cosmos. Eternity Philosophy. Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Essays bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Reference bisacsh Electronic books. http://www.msvu.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.msvu.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1010216 Check for Full Text EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=479142 YBP Library Services YANK 9600467 EBSCOhost EBSC 479142 cpp2010 02 N$T 51575 51575