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Paradigm, Logos, and Myth in Plato's Sophist and Statesman (Hardcover)
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Paradigm, Logos, and Myth in Plato's Sophist and Statesman (Hardcover)
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In a sustained study of the Sophist and Statesman, this book
explores the use of paradigm, logos, and myth. Plato introduces in
these dialogues the term "paradigm" to signify an image or model
that can be used to yield insight into higher, ethical realities
that are themselves beyond direct visual portrayal. He employs the
term to signify an inductive example that can be defined. Finally,
Plato shows how to rework existing narrative and myth to an
ethically appropriate end. Since this exercise in the Statesman is
described as training in dialectic, in Paradigm, Logos, and Myth in
Plato's Sophist and Statesman Conor Barry demonstrates how these
later works expand the compass of dialectic beyond narrow
conceptions that restrict the scope of dialectic to the use of
logical techniques. Rather, dialectic is the practice of dialogue
as portrayed in the Platonic dialogues, which can involve appeal to
analogies and figurative expressions in the search for an
understanding of the ethical good. Plato's dialogues, as works of
literary art, aim to lead people to seek such understanding.
Nevertheless, insofar as the dialogues are themselves artistic
productions, they must also be objects of critical scrutiny and
questioning.
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