A literary and historical analysis of the structure and meaning of recurrent symbols, images, and actions employed in Plato's dialogues.
The Battle -- The Trial -- The Anachronism -- The City of the Dead -- Chapter 3. The Symbolism in the City Plan of Plato's Atlantis -- The Present Past and Past Present -- Intentional Incompleteness? -- The Circuit Walls of Atlantis -- Oreichalkos and Platonic Metallurgy -- Geom…
A literary and historical analysis of the structure and meaning of recurrent symbols, images, and actions employed in Plato's dialogues.
A literary and historical analysis of the structure and meaning of recurrent symbols, images, and actions employed in Plato's dialogues.
Clinton DeBevoise Corcoran examines the use of place in Plato's dialogues. Corcoran argues that spatial representations, such as walls, caves, and roads, as well as the creation of eternal patterns and chaotic images in the dialogues, provide clues to Plato's philosophic project…
A literary and historical analysis of the structure and meaning of recurrent symbols, images, and actions employed in Plato's dialogues.