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Dorothea Frede
Researcher at University of Hamburg
Publications - 48
Citations - 576
Dorothea Frede is an academic researcher from University of Hamburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ancient philosophy & Soul. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 47 publications receiving 518 citations. Previous affiliations of Dorothea Frede include Princeton University & Rutgers University.
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Traditions of Theology
Dorothea Frede,André Laks +1 more
TL;DR: The authors presents the views of the different philosophical schools of the Hellenistic area on various theological topics such as on the existence of the gods, their nature, and their concern for humankind.
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Rumpelstiltskin's Pleasures: True and False Pleasures in Plato's "Philebus"
TL;DR: Pleasure is therefore often treated by Plato as a necessary evil; necessary because of our vegetative and material needs as mentioned in this paper, an evil because it opens the soul to all sorts of dangerous and uncontrollable desires (I may merely refer to the unruly horse in Phdr.253c-255a).
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The Final Proof of the Immortality of the Soul in Plato's Phaedo 102a - 107a
TL;DR: Among the arguments presented by Socrates as proofs for the everlastingness of the human soul, the last one has greatly puzzled philosophers because it seems that, in opposition to the earlier arguments, Plato considered this last argument conclusive as mentioned in this paper.