Plato/
Plato/ a guide for the perplexed
Press, Gerald A.
- 1st ed.
- London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2007.
- 240 p.
Part 1. Background
1. Plato's life and works
2. The contexts for interpreting Plato's dialogues
Part II. Sources of perplexity: Change
3. A brief history of Platonism and Plato interpretation
4. Dialogue form
5. Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines
6. Fables, myths and stories
7. Irony and other forms of humour
8. Play and seriousness
9. Paradox
Part III. Plato's philosophy: Permanence
10. Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy
11. Persistent themes and Plato's vision
12. The Platonic path to wisdom
Part IV. Help in reading and understanding Plato's dialogues
and philosophy
13. How to read a Platonic dialogue
14. Summaries of the dialogues
9780826491763
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Part 1. Background
1. Plato's life and works
2. The contexts for interpreting Plato's dialogues
Part II. Sources of perplexity: Change
3. A brief history of Platonism and Plato interpretation
4. Dialogue form
5. Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines
6. Fables, myths and stories
7. Irony and other forms of humour
8. Play and seriousness
9. Paradox
Part III. Plato's philosophy: Permanence
10. Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy
11. Persistent themes and Plato's vision
12. The Platonic path to wisdom
Part IV. Help in reading and understanding Plato's dialogues
and philosophy
13. How to read a Platonic dialogue
14. Summaries of the dialogues
9780826491763
193 / PRE/P