Description
| Product ID: | 9780415189842 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Reading Plato |
| Authors: | Author: Thomas A. Szlezak, Graham Zanker |
| Page Count: | 152 |
| Subjects: | Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 |
| Description: | Reading Plato offers a concise and illuminating insight into the complexities and difficulties of the Platonic dialogues which will be invaluable to any student of Plato's philosophy. Reading Plato offers a concise and illuminating insight into the complexities and difficulties of the Platonic dialogues, providing an invaluable text for any student of Plato''s philosophy. Taking as a starting point the critique of writing in the Phaedrus -- where Socrates argues that a book cannot choose its reader nor can it defend itself against misinterpretation -- Reading Plato offers solutions to the problems of interpreting the dialogues. In this ground-breaking book, Thomas A. Szlezak persuasively argues that the dialogues are designed to stimulate philosophical enquiry and to elevate philosophy to the realm of oral dialectic. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1999-02-25 |
