PLATO'S SOCRATIC CONVERSATIONS; DRAMA AND DIALECTIC IN THREE DIALOGUES.

Stokes, Michael C. [Plato; Socrates.]

ISBN 10: 0801829763 / ISBN 13: 9780801829765

Published by Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986., 1986

About this Item

First edition (per Hopkins' "First published 1986" statement upon copyright page). xiv, 520 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket well sunned and rubbed; some scuffs, nicks, and bumps at edges. Dark burgundy boards; front board's top fore-edge corner bumped. Interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. ISBN 0801829763.

Seller Inventory # Z626X-9257

Bibliographic Details

• Title: PLATO'S SOCRATIC CONVERSATIONS; DRAMA AND DIALECTIC IN THREE DIALOGUES.
• Publisher: Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801829763
• ISBN 13: 9780801829765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

Professor Stokes sets out a new way of reading Plato's dialogues. Why should Plato have written dialogues at all, rather than treatises? The argument of the dialogues lies in their drama - in the interplay of personality, profession and belief, and in the cut-and-thrust of Socratic dialectic. By examining systematically where each party to the argument stands at each successive stage of the discussion, the author shows that each of these dialogues under discussion has a single-minded consistency of purpose and that the literary passages help to form and convey the philosophical message.