Philosophy as Agôn: A Study of Plato's Gorgias and Related Texts

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In Philosophy as Ag n: A Study of Plato's Gorgias and Related Texts, Robert Metcalf offers a fresh interpretation of Plato's dialogues as dramatic texts whose philosophy is not so much a matter of doctrine as it is a dynamic, nondogmatic, and open-ended practice of engaging others in agonistic dialogue.

Metcalf challenges prevailing interpretations according to which the ag n (contest or struggle) between the interlocutors in the dialogues...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0810137976

ISBN13:9780810137974

Release Date:October 2018

Publisher:Northwestern University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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