The play of character in Plato's Dialogues

Blondell, Ruby 1954- (Author).

Summary: This book provides an interpretation of Plato in general, and several dialogues in particular, from the point of view of dramatic characterization. It aims to show traditional 'analytical' philosophical interpreters the significance of such 'literary' features for understanding the philosophical issues at stake.

Record details

ISBN: 9780511047213
ISBN: 0511047215
ISBN: 9780521793001
ISBN: 0521793009
ISBN: 0511482477 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780511482472 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780511020322 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0511020325 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 452 p.)
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Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-427) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Drama and dialogue -- Reading Plato -- Plato the "dramatist" -- Why dialogue form? -- The imitation of character -- "Character" -- The Platonic Sokrates -- Mimetic pedagogy -- The elenctic Sokrates at work: Hippias Minor -- The elenctic Sokrates -- Hippias and Homer -- Sokrates and Hippias -- Rewriting Homer -- A changing cast of characters: Republic -- Socratic testing: three responses -- Playing devil's advocate -- Sokrates and the sons of Ariston -- Self-censorship -- Learning by example -- Reproducing Sokrates: Theaetetus -- Sokrates and the philosopher prince -- Likeness -- Difference -- Cutting the cord -- Becoming Sokrates -- Putting Sokrates in his place: Sophist and Statesman -- Plato's triad -- The Man with No Name -- Homogenized, pasteurized respondents -- The visitor's pedagogy -- Assaulting the father -- A place for everything, and everything in its place -- A word is worth a thousand pictures -- The visitor and Sokrates -- Silencing Sokrates.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.