Plato a guide for the perplexed
Press, Gerald A. 1945-
Plato a guide for the perplexed - London Continuum 2007 - viii,240p. ill. ; 22 cm. - Guides for the perplexed .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.
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.
9780826491763
2007012467
Plato.
B395 / .P74 2007
184 / PR-P
Plato a guide for the perplexed - London Continuum 2007 - viii,240p. ill. ; 22 cm. - Guides for the perplexed .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.
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.
9780826491763
2007012467
Plato.
B395 / .P74 2007
184 / PR-P