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

Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 240 pISBN: 9780826491763DDC classification: 193
Contents:
Part 1. Background 1. Plato's life and works 2. The contexts for interpreting Plato's dialogues Part II. Sources of perplexity: Change 3. A brief history of Platonism and Plato interpretation 4. Dialogue form 5. Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines 6. Fables, myths and stories 7. Irony and other forms of humour 8. Play and seriousness 9. Paradox Part III. Plato's philosophy: Permanence 10. Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy 11. Persistent themes and Plato's vision 12. The Platonic path to wisdom Part IV. Help in reading and understanding Plato's dialogues and philosophy 13. How to read a Platonic dialogue 14. Summaries of the dialogues
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Part 1. Background
1. Plato's life and works
2. The contexts for interpreting Plato's dialogues
Part II. Sources of perplexity: Change
3. A brief history of Platonism and Plato interpretation
4. Dialogue form
5. Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines
6. Fables, myths and stories
7. Irony and other forms of humour
8. Play and seriousness
9. Paradox
Part III. Plato's philosophy: Permanence
10. Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy
11. Persistent themes and Plato's vision
12. The Platonic path to wisdom
Part IV. Help in reading and understanding Plato's dialogues
and philosophy
13. How to read a Platonic dialogue
14. Summaries of the dialogues

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