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Why did Plato put his philosophical arguments into dialogues, rather than presenting them in a plain and readily understandable fashion? In writing rich tales of philosophical encounters, does Plato desert argumentative clarity? While recent work has focused on the literary brilliance of the early dialogues, the late dialogues present a particular problem: they lack the vivid literary character of Plato's earlier works, and the dialogue structure seems to be a mere formality.

Is there a philosophical reason why Plato's late works are in the form of dialogues? In this volume, a group of internationally prominent scholars address that question. Their answers are fresh, varied, and powerfully argued.

  1. This volume offers both a series of first-class essays on major late Platonic dialogues and a discussion which has important implications for the study of philosophical method and the relation between philosophy and literature. It shows that the literary form and modes of dialectic of the late dialogues are richly rewarding to study, and that doing so is of deep importance for Plato's philosophical project.
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Form and argument in late Plato
1996, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-323) and indexes.

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Oxford, New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
184
Library of Congress
B395 .F67 1996, B395.F67 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 345 p. ;
Number of pages
345

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Open Library
OL805312M
Internet Archive
formargumentinla0000unse
ISBN 10
0198240120
LCCN
95041864
OCLC/WorldCat
33206743
Library Thing
1167964
Goodreads
5046102

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