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Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome. T. James Luce, editor in chief. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982.
John J. Keaney's article introduces biographical background on Plato, discusses Socrates, provides an overview of various works, and concludes with an explanation of Plato's theory of forms or ideas. There is also a bibliography for further study.
CALL NUMBER: Ref PA 3002 .A5 1982
Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1978-.
Volume. 176: Ancient Greek Authors contains an extensive bio-critical essay on Plato.
CALL NUMBER: Ref PS 221 .D510
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Editor-in-chief, Ruth Chadwick. San Diego: Academic Press, c1998.
The article on "Platonism" by Timothy Chappell is organized into six sections, namely: "Democracy, Teaching, and Knowledge," "The Will to Truth and the Will to Power," "Sophistry, Pretension, and Aggression," "Art, Truth, and Dilemma," "Transcendence, Sex, and Eugenics," and "Souls, Cities, and Akrasia." There's also a select bibliography of Plato sources and a glossary of relevant terminology.
CALL NUMBER: Ref BJ63 .E44 1998 -- v 1-4
Encyclopedia of Ethics. Lawrence C. Becker, editor, Charlotte B. Becker, associate editor. New York: Garland, 1992.
The article on "Plato" deals with Plato and Socrates, Virtue, Reason and Desire, Justice, Love, Pleasure and Happiness, and Soul and Body. A bibliography of primary and secondary sources follows the article.
CALL NUMBER: Ref BJ 63 .E45 1992
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. by Paul Edwards. New York: Macmillan, 1967.
The article on "Plato" from this comprehensive, authoritative philosophy encyclopedia deals with his life, his relationship with Socrates, the Academy he founded, his Dialogues, and a number of his theories. A second article covers "Platonism and the Platonic Tradition." A bibliography follows both articles.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B 41 .E5
"Plato and Platonism." Britannica Online.
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http://search.eb.com/bol/topic
Available to members of the Union community via Britannica Online, this article "deals with the man, his works and influence, and the subsequent history of Platonism." Also included is a selection of links to other Plato sites on the Web and to e-texts of Plato's works including the three Preceptorial Dialogues:
Suzanne, Bernard. "Plato and his Dialogues." [ Online ] Available: http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/suzanne.htm [Accessed 3 December 2000].
Suzanne's essay on Plato--from the Exploring Ancient World Cultures site at the University of Evansville--deals with the philosopher's early life and his ideas on education, the Just Man and the Philosopher King, the soul, the dialectical method, and other aspects of Plato's thought. Suzanne also maintains his own site--Plato and his Dialogues--which offers a more comprehensive menu of Plato resources.
World Philosophy: Essay-Reviews of 225 Major Works. Edited by Frank Magill; associate editor, Ian P. McGreal. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1982.
The essays on "Crito," "Euthyphro," and "Phaedo" succinctly lay out the principal ideas advanced in each work, offer an overview of each Dialogue, and suggest further readings for students wishing to study the work in greater depth.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B 29 .W68 1982
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. General editor, Robert Audi. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
A one-volume compendium containing 4,000 articles on major philosophers, technical terms and concepts, and important subdisciplines such as ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and logic.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B 41 .C35 1995
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. Detroit: Gale, 1992--
Extended excerpts from criticisms and commentaries on Plato's ideas starting with Aristotle in 322 B.C. through contemporary sources. There is also an introductory essay and an annotated bibliography of sources for further reading.
CALL NUMBER: Ref PN 610 .C530 v.8
Hoose Library of Philosophy. "Philosophy Quick Guide No. 2: Introduction to Plato." [ Online ] Available: http://www.usc.edu/isd/doc/library/index-by-number/ps-091_intro-plato.pdf [3 December 2000].
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Hoose Library of Philosophy. "Philosophy Quick Guide No. 3: Plato's Dialogues." [ Online ] Available: http://www.usc.edu/isd/doc/library/index-by-number/ps-093_plato_dialogs.pdf [3 December 2000].
Selective bibliographies of books and articles aimed to help the student "Understand Plato's philosophy as a whole" as well as "the more important dialogues"
"Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations: Ancient Greek
civilization: THE 4TH CENTURY: Greek civilization in the 4th century." Britannica
Online. [ Online ] Available: http://search.eb.com/bol/topic
Life in 4th century Greece is extremely well-documented, and this article (available to members of the Union community via Britannica Online) looks at the history, art and architecture, social interaction, commerce, and the spread of Greek ideals through emigration and colonization.
"The History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy." Britannica Online. [ Online ] Available: http://search.eb.com/bol/topic?eu=115380&sctn=1 [Accessed 3 December 2000].
Available to members of the Union community via Britannica Online, this article deals with the origins of philosophy in Greece (i.e., the Pre-Socratic philosophers), the "maturity" of Greek philosophy, and Hellenistic and Roman philosophy.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. James Fieser, editor. [ Online ] Available: http://www.utm.edu:80/research/iep/ [2000].
An online encyclopedia whose articles come from public domain sources adapted by the editor, from classroom materials (also by the editor), and from professional philosophers. Links to e-texts in philosophy are also available. Plato is covered in the context of "Greek Philosophy."
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Link to a more extensive listing of subject headings on Plato.
A collection of links to encyclopedia entries on Plato (from Perseus and The Catholic Encyclopedia), Plato Websites, biographical articles, e-texts, and other online resources.
Address: http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainPers.asp
This Clarke College site "was created to help first year philosophy students read the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from the Phaedo in order to help them prepare for philosophical discussion of these texts in the classroom." The online version of each Dialogue is illustrated with maps and photos (of Greek art and architectural sites) and includes hypertext links to annotations relevant to context of that Dialogue. Links to e-text versions of Plato's writings, audio excerpts from several speeches, and a bibliography of recommended readings are included as well.
Address:
http://socrates.clarke.edu/
Maintained by Bernard Suzanne, this Plato site offers a variety of original essays and other material on the Dialogues, links to electronic texts and other Plato resources, notes on people and locations, chronologies, and maps.
Address:
http://phd.evansville.edu/plato.htm
The University of Evansville site Exploring Ancient World Cultures comprises "an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval world," featuring original essays and electronic versions of primary texts. Eight cultures are represented--The Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam, and Medieval Europe--with a chronology, essay, image gallery, and links to relevant Websites and e-text sources available for each one.
Address:
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
Maintained by Schaffer Library, the site identifies Library and Internet resources suitable for students and faculty conducting research in philosophy.
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Scholarly periodical databases give a researcher access to articles on specific subjects that have appeared in variety of periodicals. Such databases may cover a broad area of study the way Humanities Abstracts and Arts and Humanities Search do. Others, such as Philosopher's Index, focus more sharply. Most journal articles listed are written by scholars and aimed at other researchers in that field, making them particularly important research sources. Searching a database will give the researcher the bibliographic citation needed to identify and locate a specific work on a topic: author, title of article, journal title, volume and issue number, date, and pages. An abstract briefly summarizes an article's contents.
Some online databases--EbscoHost, ProQuest Direct, H.W. Wilson Select Full Text in FirstSearch, JSTOR, and Project Muse--include the full text of at least some of the articles online. Databases are accessible via the Library's Electronic Resources Page.
Relevant online databases for research on Plato and his times include:
- Philosophers Index
- EbscoHost, ProQuestDirect -- includes full-text online retrieval for some articles
- Project Muse
- JSTOR
OCLC FirstSearch Databases:
- Arts and Humanities Search - citation database
- Humanities Abstracts
- WorldCat - books and other library materials
Last revised on July 18, 2007