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Plato and the Socratic Dialogue : The Philosophical Use of a Literary Form by Charles H. Kahn (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521648300
ISBN-139780521648301
eBay Product ID (ePID)1048933
Product Key Features
Number of Pages456 Pages
Publication NamePlato and the Socratic Dialogue : the Philosophical Use of a Literary Form
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
AuthorCharles H. Kahn
Subject AreaPhilosophy
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Reviews"This outstanding work of scholarship issues serious challenges to many of the reigning orthodoxies of Platonic studies....Strongly recommended for its originality and imaginative scholarship." J. Bussanich, Choice, "The fact is that Plato and the Socratic Dialogue is a very interesting book. Its interest lies not in the analysis of methodology but in the nuanced reading of a set of ancient texts that Kahn "offer[s]...[as] a comprehensive interpretation, at once literary, historical, and philosophical, the fruit of a lifetime of reading and teaching Plato" (p. xiii). Kahn does offer a nearly comprehensive interpretation of the early and middle dialpgues. His interpretation is literary, historical, and philosophical. Moreover, and perhaps most importantly, his interpretation brings out some of what is truly awe inspiring about the ancient Greek period and about Plato's contribution to this period of human development." Review of Metaphysics, '… Kahn's writing is attractively lucid … this will become an important reference-point in Platonic studies.' JACT Review, '... Kahn's writing is attractively lucid ... this will become an important reference-point in Platonic studies.' JACT Review, "...Kahn's book has a great deal to offer besides this central argument. His account of the theory of Forms is subtle and profound. He does full justice to the role of love in Plato's thought." Jasper Griffin, New York Review of Books, ' … Kahn's extremely rich account of Plato and his work … an important book, one of which all those interested in Plato will want to form an opinion'. New York Review of Books, ' ... Kahn's extremely rich account of Plato and his work ... an important book, one of which all those interested in Plato will want to form an opinion'. New York Review of Books, ‘… Kahn’s writing is attractively lucid … this will become an important reference-point in Platonic studies.’JACT Review, ‘ … Kahn's extremely rich account of Plato and his work … an important book, one of which all those interested in Plato will want to form an opinion’.New York Review of Books
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal184
Table Of Content1. Sokratikoi logoi: the literary and intellectual background of Plato's work; 2. The interpretation of Plato; 3. Socrates; 4. Plato as a minor Socratic: Ion and Hippias Minor; 5. Gorgias: Plato's manifesto for philosophy; 6. The priority of definition: from Laches to Meno; 7. Charmides and the search for beneficial knowledge; 8. Protagoras: virtue as knowledge; 9. The object of love; 10. The emergence of dialectic; 11. The presentation of the Forms; 12. Phaedrus and the limits of writing; Appendix; Bibliography.
SynopsisThis book offers a new interpretation of Plato's early and middle dialogues as the expression of a unified philosophical vision. The magnificent literary achievement of the dialogues can be fully appreciated only from the viewpoint of a unitarian reading of the philosophical content., This book proposes a new paradigm for the interpretation of Plato's early and middle dialogues. Rejecting the usual assumption of a distinct 'Socratic' period in the development of Plato's thought, this view regards the earlier works as deliberate preparation for the exposition of Plato's mature philosophy. Differences between the dialogues do not represent different stages in Plato's own thinking but rather different aspects and moments in the presentation of a new and unfamiliar view of reality. Once the fictional character of the Socratic genre is recognised, there is no reason to regard Plato's early dialogues as representing the philosophy of the historical Socrates. The result is a unified interpretation of all of the dialogues down to the Republic and the Phaedrus., This book offers a new interpretation of Plato's early and middle dialogues as the expression of a unified philosophical vision. Whereas the traditional view sees the dialogues as marking successive stages in Plato's philosophical development, we may more legitimately read them as reflecting an artistic plan for the gradual, indirect and partial exposition of Platonic philosophy. The magnificent literary achievement of the dialogues can be fully appreciated only from the viewpoint of a unitarian reading of the philosophical content.
LC Classification NumberB395
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