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245		0	_aPlato/ _ba guide for the perplexed _cPress, Gerald A.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aLondon: _bContinuum International Publishing Group, _c2007.
300			_a240 p.
505			_aPart 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
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