Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
Acastos - Two Platonic Dialogues - cover

We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog. But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy!

Acastos - Two Platonic Dialogues

Iris Murdoch

Publisher: Open Road Media

  • 0
  • 2
  • 0

Summary

“Witty and profound” musings on questions of art and religion from a celebrated novelist known for her philosophical explorations (Library Journal).   For centuries, the works of Plato, featuring his mentor and teacher Socrates, have illuminated philosophical discussions. In Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues, acclaimed philosopher, poet, and writer Iris Murdoch turns her keen eye to the value of art, knowledge, and faith, with two dramatic conversations featuring Plato and Socrates.   “Art and Eros”: After witnessing a theatrical performance, Socrates and his pupils—Callistos, Acastos, Mantias, Deximenes, and Plato—undertake a quest to uncover the meaning and worth of artistic endeavors.   “Above the Gods”: The celebration of a religious festival leads to a lively discussion of the gods and their place in society, as Socrates, along with several of his followers, talk about the morality of religion, wisdom, and righteousness.   Told through vivid characterizations and lively discourse, Acastos is at once a “profound and satisfying” exploration of the Socratic method and an enjoyable example of theatrical writing from a Man Booker Prize–winning novelist known for her studies with Ludwig Wittgenstein and her philosophy lectures at Oxford University, as well as for such works of fiction as The Sea, The Sea and The Black Prince (Kirkus Reviews).
Available since: 07/20/2010.
Print length: 131 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • Father Brown: The Invisible Man (Unabridged) - cover

    Father Brown: The Invisible Man...

    G. K. Chesterton

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    "The Invisible Man" is a detective story written by G. K. Chesterton which concerns the nature of the crimes committed by one James Welkin, who had been harassing Laura Hope and menacing his romantic rival, Isidore Smythe (whom he would later murder), all without ever being seen.
    Show book
  • Around the World in Eighty Days - cover

    Around the World in Eighty Days

    Jules Verne

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A fastidious English gentleman makes a remarkable wager: He will travel around the world in eighty days or forfeit his life's savings. Thus begins Jules Verne's classic novel—one that remains unsurpassed in sheer storytelling entertainment and pure adventure.Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant, Jean Passepartout, embark on a fantastic journey into a world filled with danger and beauty—from the exotic shores of India, where the heroic travelers rescue the beautiful wife of a rajah from ritual sacrifice, to the rugged American frontier, where their train is ambushed by an angry Sioux tribe. Fogg's mission is complicated by an incredible case of mistaken identity that sends a Scotland Yard detective in hot pursuit.At once a riveting race against time and an action-packed odyssey into the unknown, Around the World in Eighty Days is a masterpiece of adventure fiction that has captured the imagination of generations of readers and continues to enthrall us today.
    Show book
  • Tempest The (Unabridged) - cover

    Tempest The (Unabridged)

    Charles Dickens

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.THE TEMPEST: It was a murky confusion here and there blotted with a color like the color of the smoke from damp fuel of flying clouds tossed up into most remarkable heaps, suggesting greater heights in the clouds than there were depths below them to the bottom of the deepest hollows in the earth, through which the wild moon seemed to plunge headlong, as if, in a dread disturbance of the laws of nature, she had lost her way and were frightened.
    Show book
  • Frankenstein - cover

    Frankenstein

    A.S. Peterson

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    "There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand." Pushing the limits of science and morality in his search for acceptance and purpose, Victor Frankenstein unleashes on the world a creation that he cannot control. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's gothic novel, A. S. Peterson (The Battle of Franklin) adapts the tale for the stage and creates an experience that will leave you pondering your own sense of belonging long after the curtain has fallen. Produced with a multi-voice cast in a radio theater style.
    Show book
  • The Legend of St Julian the Hospitaller - and Other Stories - cover

    The Legend of St Julian the...

    Maryland Allen, Lord Dunsany,...

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Step into the captivating world of legendary tales with our digital audiobook collection, "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller." Immerse yourself in a mesmerizing journey through time and imagination as you explore four timeless stories expertly narrated for your listening pleasure. 
 
Dive deep into the realms of mystery and adventure with "The Urge" by Maryland Allen, where the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur, leaving you on the edge of your seat with every twist and turn. 
 
Transport yourself to the fantastical realm of Lord Dunsany's "The Sword of Welleran," where ancient swords wield unimaginable power and heroes rise to face unimaginable challenges, weaving a tapestry of courage and honor. 
 
Experience the profound moral dilemmas and redemption in Gustave Flaubert's "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller," as the nobleman Julian embarks on a quest for redemption, confronting the depths of his soul in a timeless tale of grace and salvation. 
 
Delve into the rich tapestry of Rudyard Kipling's "The Tree of Justice," where justice is meted out beneath the spreading branches of an ancient tree, exploring themes of morality, retribution, and the human condition. 
 
 
The Urge	Maryland Allen 
 
The Sword of Welleran	Lord Dunsany 
 
The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller	Gustave Flaubert 
 
The Tree of Justice	Rudyard Kipling
    Show book
  • Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - cover

    Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    When seven year old Alice cannot resist following an unusual rabbit down a hole, she enters the dream like world of Wonderland. Here, everything is extraordinary – rabbits talk, cats materalise from nowhere, babies turn into pigs, and even Alice herself changes at times.  Furthermore, an entire magisterial court, led by the King Of Hearts, proves to be nothing but a pack of cards. However, Alice, a courageous and polite heroine, overcomes all the obstacles presented to her in the bizarre world in which she finds herself.
    Show book