Thomas A Szlezák

Reading Plato

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780415189835
• ISBN-10: 0415189837
• Artikelnr.: 22447374

Autorenporträt

Thomas A. Szlezák is Professor of Greek Philology at the University of Tubingen, Germany. He is the author of numerous books on Plato.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The Joys of Reading Plato
2. The Reader participates
3. An Example of Individual reception
4. Possible Mistaken Opinions on the Part of the Reader
5. One does not see what one does not know
6. Characteristics of the Platonic Dialogues
7. Questions about Characteristics
8. For Whom is Plato Writing?
9. Does a Platonic Dialogue Speak with Several Voices? The Modern Theory of the Dialogues
10. An Ancient Theory of Interpretation
11. The Interpretation of Simonides in the Protagoras
12. The Critique of Writing in the Phaedrus
13. The Definition of the Philosopher based on his Relationship to his Writings
14. The Meaning of timiótera
15. 'Support for Logos' in the Dialogues
16. The Ascent to the Principles and the Limits of Philosophical Communication
17. Some Gaps
18. The Doctrine of Anamnesis and dialectic in the Euthydemus
19. The Importance of the Allusions for Reading Plato
20. Plato's Dramatic Technique: Some Examples
21. Irony
22. Myth
23. Monologue and Dialogue with Imaginary Partners
24. The Characteristics of the Dialogues: What they really mean
25. How and why the Dialogue-Form has been misunderstood
26. The Difference between Esotericism and Secrecy
27. Plato's Concept of Philosophy and the Objectives of the Dialogues
Notes
Bibliography
Biographical Note.