| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Guides for the perplexed |
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Guides for the perplexed.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
This title is a clear and thorough account of Plato's philosophy, his major works, and his ideas, and acts as a useful guide to the important and complex thought of this prominent philosopher. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Plato.
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Plato.
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Plato. (OCoLC)fst00046610
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Plato.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Press, Gerald A. (Gerald Alan), 1945- Plato. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2007 9780826491763 (DLC) 2007012467 (OCoLC)122261725 |
| ISBN |
9781441155948 (electronic bk.) |
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1441155945 (electronic bk.) |
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