This book proposes to rethink the relationship between philosophy and literature through an engagement with Plato's dialogues. The dialogues have been seen as the source of a long tradition that subordinates poetry to philosophy, but they may also be approached as a medium for u…
"This book is an original interpretation of Plato's enigmatic statements about the idea of the Good. Desjardins starts by reconciling two notoriously difficult and different accounts of the dialectical method found in the Philebus and The Republic. She then shows how they are co…
Early Socratic dialogues
by Plato, Saunders, Trevor J., (Trevor John)
fromPenguin classics
Rich in drama and humour, this volume includes 'Ion', a debate on poetic inspiration; 'Laches', in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and ''Euthydemus', which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. The book features a new preface, up-dated further readi…
Rich in drama and humour, these dialogues provide the definitive portrait of Socrates and his times.
"Plato's late dialogues have often been neglected because they lack the literary charm of his earlier masterpieces. Charles Kahn proposes a unified view of these diverse and difficult works, from the Parmenides and Theaetetus to the Sophist and Timaeus, showing how they graduall…
"Plato's late dialogues have often been neglected because they lack the literary charm of his earlier masterpieces. Charles Kahn proposes a unified view of these diverse and difficult works, from the Parmenides and Theaetetus to the Sophist and Timaeus, showing how they graduall…