How Long to Read Two Studies in the Early Academy

How Long Does it Take to Read Two Studies in the Early Academy?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Two Studies in the Early Academy by R. M. Dancy

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Description

This book presents two new interpretations of the evidence regarding the metaphysical ideas of two important figures in Plato's Academy, Eudoxus and Speusippus, and of Aristotle's reaction to those ideas. The central question has to do with Plato's "Theory of Forms." The first interpretation portrays Eudoxus reviving a view of Anaxagoras' and advocating that the Forms are physical ingredients in things. This has affinities with Aristotle's own view, so it is interesting that Aristotle argues for its rejection. The essay extracts Aristotle's arguments from material in late sources and examines them in depth. The second interpretation discusses Speusippus' replacement of the Theory of Forms with a theory that derives all that there is from the One, which does not itself exist. His argument for this strange position is reconstructed, and the relations between the theory of causality, to which it is opposed, are laid out. The Academy was not a source of dogma, but of discussion. In reconstructing central aspects of that discussion, these interpretations seek to get behind mere reportage of what little is known to the actual arguments current in the halls of the Academy.

How long is Two Studies in the Early Academy?

Two Studies in the Early Academy by R. M. Dancy is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Two Studies in the Early Academy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Two Studies in the Early Academy aloud.

What Reading Level is Two Studies in the Early Academy?

Two Studies in the Early Academy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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