Reading Plato
| Author | : Thomas A. Szlezák |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2005-11-21 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781134656493 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1134656491 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (491 Downloads) |
Download or read book Reading Plato written by Thomas A. Szlezák and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-21 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Plato offers a concise and illuminating insight into the complexities and difficulties of the Platonic dialogues, providing an invaluable text for any student of Plato's philosophy. Taking as a starting point the critique of writing in the Phaedrus -- where Socrates argues that a book cannot choose its reader nor can it defend itself against misinterpretation -- Reading Plato offers solutions to the problems of interpreting the dialogues. In this ground-breaking book, Thomas A. Szlezak persuasively argues that the dialogues are designed to stimulate philosophical enquiry and to elevate philosophy to the realm of oral dialectic.
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