Reading Plato
Thomas a Szlezák author Graham Zanker translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:4th Mar '99
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- Paperback£36.99(9780415189842)
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.
'An English translation of this splendid book is long overdue.' - Greece and Rome
ISBN: 9780415189835
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 294g
152 pages