PLATO'S SOCRATIC CONVERSATIONS; Drama and Dialectic in Three Dialogues

Professor Michael C. Stokes

ISBN 10: 0801829763 / ISBN 13: 9780801829765

Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland, 1986

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Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light stain on top text block edge and rear flap.; 8.5 X 5.5 X 1.3 inches; 536 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PLATO'S SOCRATIC CONVERSATIONS; Drama and Dialectic in Three Dialogues
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801829763
• ISBN 13: 9780801829765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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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.