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Title
Masters, slaves and philosophers : Plato, Hegel and Nietzsche on freedom and the pursuit of knowledge / Bernardo Ferro.
ISBN
9783030904050 (electronic bk.)
3030904059 (electronic bk.)
9783030904043
3030904040
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 312 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-90405-0 doi
Call Number
BD161
Dewey Decimal Classification
121
Summary
This book examines the relationship between freedom and true knowledge, which is a central part of the hotly debated issue of human freedom. Is truth necessary for the attainment of freedom? Does a free life require a clear understanding of reality? And if so, to what extent? These questions lead back to a classical philosophical debate, of which the first major chapter was written by Plato. In the dialogues, he describes human life as a peculiar form of imprisonment and calls for a global liberation of human cognition. This work analyses this ambitious project and its unique influence on the work of two modern authors, Hegel and Nietzsche, who explicitly linked the notions of ignorance and truth to those of bondage and freedom -- or slavery and mastery -- and whose philosophies are also centred on the liberation of human consciousness. Following a historical and systematic approach, this book is of interest to readers who are reasonably acquainted with the history of ancient and modern philosophy, including undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scholars working on Plato, German Idealism, Nietzsche and other related fields.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 17, 2022).
Series
Philosophical studies series ; v. 149. 2542-8349
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030904043
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and translations
Chapter 1. Introduction
PART I: Plato's Philosophical Project
Chapter 2. Plato's idea of truth
Chapter 3. Masters, slaves and philosophers
Chapter 4. Chains and shadows
Chapter 5. Philosophy and deliverance
PART II: Hegel's Phenomenological Project
Chapter 6. Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
Chapter 7. Knowledge, power and freedom
Chapter 8. Towards freedom
Chapter 9. Beyond the Phenomenology
PART III: Nietzsche's Metacognitive Project
Chapter 10. Nietzsche's idea of truth
Chapter 11. Philosophy in chains
Chapter 12. Philosophy unchained
Chapter 13. Conclusions
Index.
