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

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 Politi...

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Main Author: Hassan Fathi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) 2022-06-01
Series:پژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی
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Online Access:https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_7988_d34ce78d6dbc001b4a24e995dfab867f.pdf
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2383-1650