Plato's Dialectic at Play: Argument, Structure, and Myth in the Symposium

by Elena Glazov-Corrigan and Kevin Corrigan

The Symposium is one of Plato's most accessible dialogues, an engrossing historical document as well as an entertaining literary masterpiece. By uncovering the structural design of the dialogue, Plato's Dialectic at Play aims at revealing a Plato for whom the dialogical form was not merely ornamentation or philosophical methodology but the essence of philosophical exploration. His dialectic is not only argument; it is also play. Careful analysis of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271029137
• ISBN13: 9780271029139
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"