Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

A Critical Review on the Book Plato: Deconstruction of a Philosophical Myth

Document Type : Research

Author

Hassan Fathi

Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.35391.2172
Abstract
 
In this book Plato: Deconstruction of a Philosophical Myth, Shervin Vakili tries to show that the portrait of Plato drawn by the so-called scholars of Plato (both western and Iranian) is verily unreal. In nine sections of this book, Vakili completes a portrait of Plato which lacks ethical and Political vices; a person who learned everything from Persians and turned everywhere against them. Vakili’s Plato is a stony aristocrat, an ambitious treacherous, and deviator of the Persian theoretical and practical teachings. Vakili introduces very historical pieces of evidence from Greek-Persian relations to validate his portrait, but after reading his book, it is not hard to say that he lacks a comprehensive, original, and deep understanding of Plato’s teachings. Most of his comments and analyses are unscholarly, and some are notoriously mistaken. Some critical points have been said here, about this amassed book.

Keywords

Plato
The Influence of Ancient Persia on Plato
The Deviation of Ancient Iran in Plato’s Work
The Deviation of Plato in Vakili’s Work

Subjects

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وکیلی، شروین (1355)، افلاطون: واسازی یک افسانۀ فلسفی، تهران: ثالث.
 
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  • Receive Date 21 January 2022
  • Revise Date 15 April 2022
  • Accept Date 23 May 2022

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