Plato's dialectic at play : argument, structure, and myth in the Symposium /

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The Symposium is one of Plato's most accessible dialogues, an engrossing historical document as well as an entertaining literary masterpiece. By uncovering the structural design of the dialogue, Plato's Dialectic at Play aims at revealing a Plato for whom the dialogical form was not merely...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Corrigan, Kevin
Other Authors: Corrigan, Elena
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Plato. > Symposium.
Plato > Writing skill.
Plato
Symposium (Plato)
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Literaire structuur.
Philosophy & Religion.
Philosophy.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Apollodorus's prologue : an imitation of an imitation
  • Aristodemus's prologue : the destruction and transformation of the factual frame of reference
  • The order of the speeches : formulating the problem
  • From character to speech : the early speeches and their significance
  • Diotima-Socrates : mythical thought in the making
  • The greater mysteries and the structure of the Symposium so far
  • Alcibiades and the conclusion of the Symposium : the test and trial of praise
  • Conclusion : Plato's dialectic at play.

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