How the images in Plato's dialogues develop a life of their own : when his poetry trumps his philosophy /

How the images in Plato's dialogues develop a life of their own : when his poetry trumps his philosophy /

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Author / Creator:	Jenks, Rod.
Imprint:	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 283 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Plato. -- Dialogues. Plato -- Writing skill. Plato. Dialogues (Plato) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142993

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ISBN:	9780773418424 0773418423 9780773439344 077343934X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	An attempt to explain how Plato's use of imagery in his dialogues affects his philosophy.
Other form:	Print version: Jenks, Rod. How the images in Plato's dialogues develop a life of their own. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2011 9780773439344

Table of Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface: Paradoxes of Platonic Imagination; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Madness in the Dialogues; Chapter 2: Metaphorin the Crito; Chapter 3: The Meno and its Metaphors; Chapter 4: Some Images in Republic; Chapter 5: Suspircious Characters in the Corpus; Chapter 6: The Image and its Place in ""True"" Rhetoric; Epilogue; Bibliography; Indices