Ascent to the good : the reading order of Plato's dialogues from Symposium to Republic /: the reading order of Plato's dialogues from Symposium to Republic. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William H.F. Altman.
• Authors: Altman, William H. F, 1955-
• Contents: Acknowledgements ; ; Preface: Ascent to the Good ; ; Table of Abbreviations ; ; ; Introduction: Aristotle and Plato ; ; ; Chapter 1: Lysis-Euthydemus: Mental Gymnastic and ἔρως in Symposium’s Wake ; ; §1. The Good and the Beautiful in Plato’s Symposium ; ; §2. Systematic Socratism ; ; §3. Plato’s Deliberate Use of Fallacy in Lysis-Euthydemus ; ; §4. The Play of Character and the Argument of the Action ; ; ; Chapter 2: Laches and Charmides: Fighting for Athens ; ; §5. Between Euthydemus and Meno ; ; §6. Socratism and the Knowledge of Good and Bad ; ; §7. The Return to Athens in Laches and Charmides ; ; ; Chapter 3: Plato and Gorgias: The Touchstone of Socrates ; ; §8. From Gorgias to Republic ; ; §9. Plato’s Confession ; ; §10. Gorgias and the Shorter Way ; ; §11. Protagoras Revisited ; ; §12. Gorgias and the Longer Way ; ; ; Chapter 4. Theages and Meno: Socratic Paradoxes ; ; §13. Divine Inspiration and its Discontents ; ; §14. “Meno the Thessalian” and the Socratic Paradox Revisited ; ; §15. Hypotheses and Images in Meno: Introducing the Divided Line ; ; ; Chapter 5. Cleitophon and Republic ; ; §16. Looking Forward: Answering Cleitophon’s Question (408e1-2) ; ; §17. Looking Back: Socrates as Obstacle to Socratism (410e7-8)
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 184; Literary Criticism: Ancient & Classical; Philosophy: Individual Philosophers; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498574624
• Related ISBNs: 9781498574617
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