| FT-52238-04 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Mary-Louise Glanville Gill | Plato's Missing Dialogue: The Philosopher | 7/1/2004 - 8/31/2004 | $5,000.00 | Mary-Louise | Glanville | Gill | | | | Brown University | Providence | RI | 02912-9100 | USA | 2004 | History of Philosophy | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
Plato’s Philosopher was promised as the third member of a trilogy, Sophist-Statesman-Philosopher, but was almost certainly never written. Indeed, the Philosopher seems to be the missing member of a tetralogy, which starts with the Theaetetus, a dialogue that connects itself dramatically with the Sophist. I contend that Plato left the Philosopher unwritten on purpose to challenge us to answer its central question: What is it to be a philosopher? The dialogues that lead up to the Philosopher, on which my project will focus, present a complex philosophical exercise. If we complete the exercise successfully, we will have the elements and tools to answer the question, but it is our task to construct an adequate account. |