Trials of Reason: Plato and the Crafting of Philosophy

by David Wolfsdorf

Book Overview

Scholarship on Plato's dialogues persistently divides its focus between the dramatic or literary and the philosophical or argumentative dimensions of the texts. But this hermeneutic division of labor is naive, for Plato's arguments are embedded in dramatic dialogues and developed through complex, largely informal exchanges between literary characters. Consequently, it is questionable how readers can even attribute arguments and theses to the author...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195327322
• ISBN13: 9780195327328
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"