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Theaetetus (Hardcover)
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Theaetetus (Hardcover)
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The dramatic power of the dialogues of Plato appears to diminish as
the metaphysical interest of them increases (compare Introd. to the
Philebus). There are no descriptions of time, place or persons, in
the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once into
philosophical discussions; the poetical charm has disappeared, and
those who have no taste for abstruse metaphysics will greatly
prefer the earlier dialogues to the later ones. Plato is conscious
of the change, and in the Statesman expressly accuses himself of a
tediousness in the two dialogues, which he ascribes to his desire
of developing the dialectical method. On the other hand, the
kindred spirit of Hegel seemed to find in the Sophist the crown and
summit of the Platonic philosophy-here is the place at which Plato
most nearly approaches to the Hegelian identity of Being and
Not-being. Nor will the great importance of the two dialogues be
doubted by any one who forms a conception of the state of mind and
opinion which they are intended to meet. The sophisms of the day
were undermining philosophy; the denial of the existence of
Not-being, and of the connexion of ideas, was making truth and
falsehood equally impossible.
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