Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing
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Word Count
72,500 words, Guess
Page Count
290 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10437529M
- Internet Archiveplatoartphilosop00rowe_300
- Internet Archiveplatoartofphilos0000rowe
- ISBN-100521859328
- ISBN-139780521859325
and 4 more
- Goodreads2435808
- Library of Congress Control Number2008271044
- OCLC Control Number154706385
- Better World Books9780521859325
Classifications
- LCCB395 .R764 2007
- LCCB395
Description
Plato's dialogues are usually understood as simple examples of philosophy in action. In this book Professor Rowe treats them rather as literary-philosophical artefacts, shaped by Plato's desire to persuade his readers to exchange their view of life and the universe for a different view which, from their present perspective, they will barely begin to comprehend. What emerges is a radically new Plato: a Socratic throughout, who even in the late dialogues is still essentially the Plato (and the Socrates) of the Apology and the so-called 'Socratic' dialogues. This book aims to understand Plato both as a philosopher and as a writer, on the assumption that neither of these aspects of the dialogues can be understood without the other. The argument of the book is closely based in Plato's text, but should be accessible to any serious reader of Plato, whether professional philosopher, classicist, or student.
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