Socrates, Plato and the Tao
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by James Miller
| Title | Socrates, Plato and the Tao |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Grippe, Edward J. |
| Journal | Philosophy in the Contemporary World |
| Volume | 9 |
| Pagination | 61 |
| Date Published | 2002 |
| ISBN Number | 1077-1999 |
| Keywords | Asian, Philosophy, Plato, Socrates, Taoism |
| Abstract | This paper is a reconsideration of Platonic dialogues in the light of Taoist insights. The application of Socratic ignorance to the entire corpus of Plato reveals the yin and yang not only in the internal dialogue between Socrates and Plato, but also between Plato and his reader. Furthermore, this approach brings to the surface the necessity of the dialectic relation between the yang of Western analysis and the yin of Asian intuition to the revelation of the Tao. |
