Plato a guide for the perplexed

Plato's life and worksThe contexts for interpreting Plato's Dialogues -- Sources of perplexity : change -- A brief history of platonism and Plato interpretation -- Dialogue form -- Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines -- Fables, myths, and stories -- Irony and other forms of humour --...

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1. Verfasser: Press, Gerald A. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Press, Gerald Alan (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London, New York, NY Continuum 2007
Schriftenreihe:Guides for the perplexed
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Zusammenfassung:Plato's life and worksThe contexts for interpreting Plato's Dialogues -- Sources of perplexity : change -- A brief history of platonism and Plato interpretation -- Dialogue form -- Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines -- Fables, myths, and stories -- Irony and other forms of humour -- Play and seriousness -- Paradox -- Plato's philosophy : permanence -- Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy -- Persistent themes and Plato's vision -- The platonic path to wisdom -- Help in reading and understanding Plato's Dialogues and his philosophy -- How to read a platonic dialogue -- Summaries of the Dialogues.
Plato's life and works -- The contexts for interpreting Plato's Dialogues -- Sources of perplexity : change -- A brief history of platonism and Plato interpretation -- Dialogue form -- Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines -- Fables, myths, and stories -- Irony and other forms of humour -- Play and seriousness -- Paradox -- Plato's philosophy : permanence -- Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy -- Persistent themes and Plato's vision -- The platonic path to wisdom -- Help in reading and understanding Plato's Dialogues and his philosophy -- How to read a platonic dialogue -- Summaries of the Dialogues
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 240 S
Ill
22 cm
ISBN:9780826491763
978-0-8264-9176-3
0826491766
0-8264-9176-6
9780826491770
978-0-8264-9177-0
0826491774
0-8264-9177-4