This posthumous book represents the first publication of one of the
seminars of Cornelius Castoriadis, a renowned and influential
figure in twentieth-century thought. A close reading of Plato's
"Statesman," it is an exemplary instance of Castoriadis's
pragmatic, pertinent, and discriminating approach to thinking and
reading a great work: "I mean really reading it, by respecting it
without respecting it, by going into the recesses and details
without having decided in advance that everything it contains is
coherent, homogeneous, makes sense, and is true."
Castoriadis brings out what he calls "The Statesman"'s "quirky
structure," with its three digressions, its eight incidental
points, and its two definitions, neither of which is deemed good.
He does not hesitate to differ with the text, to show that what is,
in appearance, secondary is really essential, and that the
denunciation of the Sophists accommodates itself quite well to the
use of sophistical procedures. Castoriadis shows how "The
Statesman" takes us into the heart of what is distinctive in the
late Plato: blending, acceptance of the mixed, of the intermediate.
These transcriptions of Cornelius's afford the reader an
opportunity to discover his trenchant, convincing, energetic,
provocative, and often droll voice. Here is a hitherto unknown
Castoriadis, who reflects as he speaks, collects himself, corrects
himself, and doesn't hesitate to revisit key points. In short, this
is Castoriadis's thinking in action.
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