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Plato and Europe

Jan Patočka

Translated by Petr Lom

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Introduction

The situation of mankinD. the state of Europe

Jan Patočka

pp.1-14

What is the phenomenon?

Phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy. phenomenon and truth

Jan Patočka

pp.15-38

Phenomenology and gnoseology

The two sides of mytH. the mythical framework of Greek philosophy

Jan Patočka

pp.38-50

Clarity and blind wandering in the mythical world

The birth of philosophy as explicit question face to face with the original manifesting of the worlD. the pre-socratics

Jan Patočka

pp.51-70

The philosophical problem

Conception of the soul and care of the soul in democritus and Plato. the principle of freedom in Greek worlD. socrates. care of the soul and the heritage of Europe

Jan Patočka

pp.71-90

The examination of the soul

Ontocosmological modality of the care of the soul in Plato: the teaching about ideas and mathematics. introduction to the problem of the Platonic state

Jan Patočka

pp.91-108

The care of the soul in the city: politeia

The transformation of myth into religion. the care of the soul as movement: the discovery of eternity. the metaphysical foundation of Europe's heritage

Jan Patočka

pp.109-130

Being and phenomenon

Rendering more precise the account of myth: philosoohy as the surfacing of problematicity. care of the soul and finitude. discussion

Jan Patočka

pp.131-156

The movement of the care of the soul in Plato and Aristotle

Thematization of action in Aristotle. human freedom and its problematicity. nichomachean ethics. discussion

Jan Patočka

pp.195-223

Publication details

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Place: Stanford

Year: 2002

Pages: 252

Series: Cultural Memory in the Present

ISBN (hardback): 9780804738019

Full citation:

Patočka Jan (2002) Plato and Europe. Stanford, Stanford University Press.