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Plato : a guide for the perplexed / Gerald A. Press.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Guides for the perplexedPublication details: London ; New York : Continuum, c2007.Description: viii, 240 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780826491770 (hbk.)
  • 0826491774 (hbk.)
  • 9780826491763 (pbk.)
  • 0826491766 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 184 22
LOC classification:
  • B395 .P74 2007
Contents:
Plato's life and works -- The contexts for interpreting Plato's dialogues -- 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 -- Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy -- Persistent themes and Plato's vision -- The platonic path to wisdom -- How to read a Platonic dialogue -- Summaries of the dialogues.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.

Plato's life and works -- The contexts for interpreting Plato's dialogues -- 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 -- Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy -- Persistent themes and Plato's vision -- The platonic path to wisdom -- How to read a Platonic dialogue -- Summaries of the dialogues.

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