Philosophy of Being | A University of Dallas Course by Taylor Marshall

Scholarship on Plato’s Unwritten Dogmas or Doctrines Cornelia J. de Vogel, H.J. Kramer, and others have focused their attentions on the so-called unwritten doctrines of Plato. This...

1October 06, 2009
Scholarship on Plato’s Unwritten Dogmas or Doctrines

Cornelia J. de Vogel, H.J. Kramer, and others have focused their attentions on the so-called unwritten doctrines of Plato. This...
0October 03, 2009
Outline of Aristotle’s Metaphysics

Aristotle’s Metaphysics consists of fourteen (14) books of various lengths, often without any obvious order or relation to prior books....
0October 01, 2009
Aristotle’s Vocabulary

Aristotle’s Book Delta of his Metaphysics is commonly called Aristotle’s dictionary or lexicon. Below is a helpful list of Greek...
0September 15, 2009
Did Plato Have an Unwritten Doctrine?

Aristotle tells us that Plato had an unwritten doctrine or unwritten dogmas (agrapha dogmata). Commenting on Plato’s Timaeus, Aristotle recorded: “It...
6September 07, 2009
Understanding the Third Man Argument

Plato’s Parmenides contains an argument against the so-called Platonic theory of forms known as the “Third Man Argument”. Here’s how it...
0September 07, 2009
Guide to the Pre-Socratics

Melesian School – Starting the Conversation 1. Thales (624-546 B.C.) – The “Father of Greek philosophy”. All things are water 2. Anaximander...
1August 03, 2009
What did Thomas Aquinas say about Aristotle

If you read Latin, you may find this helpful. The link below will take you the Latin texts of Thomas...
26August 01, 2009
Raphael’s School of Athens Explained for Philosophers

The painting above is Scuola di Atene (”School of Athens”) by Raphael. Raphael likely painted it in 1511 in one...
0July 07, 2009
Thematic Outline of Plato’s Republic

This is a brief guide to help you navigate through Plato’s Republic. Defining Justice I.1. 327a—328b. Down to the...