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Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing (Paperback)
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Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing (Paperback)
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Plato's dialogues are usually understood as simple examples of
philosophy in action. In this book Professor Rowe treats them
rather as literary-philosophical artefacts, shaped by Plato's
desire to persuade his readers to exchange their view of life and
the universe for a different view which, from their present
perspective, they will barely begin to comprehend. What emerges is
a radically new Plato: a Socratic throughout, who even in the late
dialogues is still essentially the Plato (and the Socrates) of the
Apology and the so-called 'Socratic' dialogues. This book aims to
understand Plato both as a philosopher and as a writer, on the
assumption that neither of these aspects of the dialogues can be
understood without the other. The argument of the book is closely
based in Plato's text, but should be accessible to any serious
reader of Plato, whether professional philosopher, classicist, or
student.
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