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Plato's philosophical dialogues can be seen as his creation of a
new genre. Plato borrows from, as well as rejects, earlier and
contemporary authors, and he is constantly in conversation with
established genres, such as tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, and
rhetoric in a variety of ways. This intertextuality reinforces the
relevance of material from other types of literary works, as well
as a general knowledge of classical culture in Plato's time, and
the political and moral environment that Plato addressed, when
reading his dramatic dialogues. The authors of Philosophy as Drama
show that any interpretation of these works must include the
literary and narrative dimensions of each text, as much as serious
the attention given to the progression of the argument in each
piece. Each dialogue is read on its own merit, and critical
comparisons of several dialogues explore the differences and
likenesses between them on a dramatic as well as on a logical
level. This collection of essays moves debates in Plato scholarship
forward when it comes to understanding both particular aspects of
Plato's dialogues and the approach itself. Containing 11 chapters
of close readings of individual dialogues, with 2 chapters
discussing specific themes running through them, such as music and
sensuousness, pleasure, perception, and images, this book displays
the range and diversity within Plato's corpus.
Plato's philosophical dialogues can be seen as his creation of a
new genre. Plato borrows from, as well as rejects, earlier and
contemporary authors, and he is constantly in conversation with
established genres, such as tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, and
rhetoric in a variety of ways. This intertextuality reinforces the
relevance of material from other types of literary works, as well
as a general knowledge of classical culture in Plato's time, and
the political and moral environment that Plato addressed, when
reading his dramatic dialogues. The authors of Philosophy as Drama
show that any interpretation of these works must include the
literary and narrative dimensions of each text, as much as serious
the attention given to the progression of the argument in each
piece. Each dialogue is read on its own merit, and critical
comparisons of several dialogues explore the differences and
likenesses between them on a dramatic as well as on a logical
level. This collection of essays moves debates in Plato scholarship
forward when it comes to understanding both particular aspects of
Plato's dialogues and the approach itself. Containing 11 chapters
of close readings of individual dialogues, with 2 chapters
discussing specific themes running through them, such as music and
sensuousness, pleasure, perception, and images, this book displays
the range and diversity within Plato's corpus.
In Plato's Apology of Socrates we see a philosopher in collision
with his society-a society he nonetheless claims to have benefited
through his philosophic activity. It has often been asked why
democratic Athens condemned a philosopher of Socrates' character to
death. This anthology examines the contribution made by Plato's
Apology of Socrates to our understanding of the character of
Socrates as well as of the conception of philosophy Plato
attributes to him. The 11 chapters offer complementary readings of
the Apology, which through their different approaches demonstrate
the richness of this Platonic work as well as the various layers
that can be discerned in its presentation of Socrates. While the
contributions display variety in both topics and angles, they also
share common features: An awareness of the importance of the
literary aspects of Plato's courtroom drama, as well as a readiness
to take into consideration the historical context of the work.
Thereby they provide contributions to a manifold understanding of
the aims and impact of the work, without losing sight of the
philosophical questions that are raised by Socrates'
confrontational and unrepentant defense speech. Allowing the
character of Socrates to take center stage, the chapters of this
volume examine the philosopher in relation to ethics, and to
politics and democracy, as well as to the ideology, religion, and
virtue shared by the Athenians. Readers will also find reflections
on classical Platonic subjects such as the nature of Socratic
philosophical inquiry and of philosophy itself, as well as on the
notoriously ambiguous relationships between philosophy, sophistry
and rhetoric, and their several relationships to truth and justice.
The anthology emphasizes and explores the equivocal and sometimes
problematic aspects of Socrates as Plato presents him in the
Apology, illuminating why the Athenians let the verdict fall as
they did, while drawing out problematic features of Athenian
society and its reaction to Socrates' philosophic activity, thereby
encouraging reflection on the role philosophy can play in our
modern societies.
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