William H. F. Altman

Ascent to the Beautiful

Plato the Teacher and the Pre-Republic Dialogues from Protagoras to Symposium

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a study of Plato’s most elementary dialogues, arranged in relation to Reading Order as opposed to order of composition. Beginning with the theatrical Protagoras and reaching a mountaintop in Symposium, the dialogues between them—Alcibiades, Lovers, Hippias, Ion, and Menexenus—introduce the student to both philosophy and Platonism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 620
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1144g
• ISBN-13: 9781793615954
• ISBN-10: 1793615950
• Artikelnr.: 60070848

Autorenporträt

By William H. F. Altman

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface: Plato the Teacher and Reading Order
Introduction: Schleiermacher and Plato
1 Protagoras as Gateway
§1. Protagoras before Alcibiades
§2. Xenophon before Plato
§3. Taking the Measure of Protagoras
§4. Interpreting the Misinterpretation of Simonides
2 The Elementary Dialogues: the Alcibiades dyad and Lovers
§5. The ?? ???tte?? Fallacy
§6. The More Perfect Mirror
§7. Between Alcibiades and Lovers
3 Hippias Major: Between Protagoras and Symposium
§8. Reading Order and Authenticity
§9. Plato's pons asinorum
§10. Deceiving with the Double
4 The Musical Dialogues: Hippias Minor, Ion, and Menexenus
§11. Deception Defended?
§12. Inspired Interpretation?
§13. Rhetoric Rejected?
5 Symposium as t????
§14. Integrating Symposium
§15. History and Tragedy
§16. Alcestis, Codrus, and Achilles
§17. Catching Sight of the Sea
Epilogue: Imagining Plato's Academy
Bibliography
Index
Index locorum
Index verborum
Abo