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59The Theaetetus provides Plato's fullest discussion of human knowledge and is a rich vehicle for reflection upon its topic. Polansky's commentary demonstrates that the dialogue in fact holds the complete Platonic account of knowledge -- an account which is as sophisticated as any offered by contemporary philosophers.
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14Commentary on GallopProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 4 (1): 291-302. 1988.
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61Descartes' 'provisional morality'Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 93 (3): 353-372. 2012.Discourse on Method part 3 offers une morale par provision, usually translated as ‘a provisional moral code’. Occasionally it has been questioned that this code is temporary and restricted to those engaged in pure inquiry. We argue that Descartes intends the moral code to be his final ethical position universally applicable. Since the moral code is ‘derived from’ the rules of method, it should have their permanence, holding for the time pure inquiry commences and when it completes the sciences. …Read more
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The Dominance of Polis for AristotleDiálogos. Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Puerto Rico 14 (33): 43. 1979.
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84Aristotle’s Treatment of Ousia in Metaphysics V, 8Southern Journal of Philosophy 21 (1): 57-66. 1983.
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2Professor Vlastos's analysis of Socratic elenchus'Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 3 247-60. 1985.
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13Colloquium 3Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 15 (1): 57-86. 1999.
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11Sovereign Virtue (review)Review of Metaphysics 47 (2): 397-399. 1993.This work upholds the leading role of virtue in the happy life against competition from goods of fortune, such as health, beauty, wealth, and honor. "Sovereign" in the title--a translation of kurios--may mean two things: complete and dominant. White holds that complete virtue, and more especially the activity in accordance with it, is dominant in Aristotle's version of the happy life.
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