Trials of Reason: Plato and the Crafting of Philosophy

by David Wolfsdorf

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Scholarship on Plato's dialogues persistently divides its focus between the dramatic or literary and the philosophical or argumentative dimensions of the texts. But this hermeneutic division of labor is naive, for Plato's arguments are embedded in dramatic dialogues and developed through complex, largely informal exchanges between literary characters. Consequently, it is questionable how readers can even attribute arguments and theses to the author...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195327322

ISBN13:9780195327328

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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