Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature
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Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature is a scholarly book by Charles H. Kahn that reinterprets Plato’s later dialogues as a renewed engagement with early Greek natural philosophy.
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Target entity: Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature Context triple: [Charles H. Kahn, notableWork, Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature]
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Commentary on Plato's Parmenides
Commentary on Plato's Parmenides is a late Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an extensive and influential interpretation of Plato’s dialogue "Parmenides," focusing on metaphysics and the structure of reality.
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Handbook of Platonism
Handbook of Platonism is an influential Middle Platonic philosophical treatise, traditionally attributed to Alcinous, that systematically presents and interprets Plato’s doctrines.
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Plato’s Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind
"Plato’s Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind" is a scholarly work by political theorist Melissa Lane that explores the enduring influence of Platonic and Socratic ideas on contemporary thought and culture.
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Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus is a late antique Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an extensive exegesis of Plato’s cosmological dialogue, the Timaeus.
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The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature is Karl Marx’s 1841 doctoral dissertation, in which he critically compares the ancient atomist theories of Democritus and Epicurus to explore questions of materialism, freedom, and nature.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature Target entity description: Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature is a scholarly book by Charles H. Kahn that reinterprets Plato’s later dialogues as a renewed engagement with early Greek natural philosophy.
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A.
Commentary on Plato's Parmenides
Commentary on Plato's Parmenides is a late Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an extensive and influential interpretation of Plato’s dialogue "Parmenides," focusing on metaphysics and the structure of reality.
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B.
Handbook of Platonism
Handbook of Platonism is an influential Middle Platonic philosophical treatise, traditionally attributed to Alcinous, that systematically presents and interprets Plato’s doctrines.
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C.
Plato’s Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind
"Plato’s Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind" is a scholarly work by political theorist Melissa Lane that explores the enduring influence of Platonic and Socratic ideas on contemporary thought and culture.
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D.
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus is a late antique Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an extensive exegesis of Plato’s cosmological dialogue, the Timaeus.
-
E.
The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature is Karl Marx’s 1841 doctoral dissertation, in which he critically compares the ancient atomist theories of Democritus and Epicurus to explore questions of materialism, freedom, and nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature
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