Plato's dialogue form and the care of the soul /

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Author / Creator:Moes, Mark, 1951-
Imprint:New York : Peter Lang, c2000.
Description:xiv, 222 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:New perspectives in philosophical scholarship ; vol. 13
New perspectives in philosophical scholarship ; 13.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4236991
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ISBN:0820444596 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222).
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1.. The Problem of Plato's Dialogue Form
  • The Proto-Essay View
  • Problems With the Proto-Essay View
  • Gilbert Ryle's View
  • Kenneth Sayre's View
  • Mitchell Miller's View
  • Stanley Rosen's Suggestion
  • 2.. The Analogy Between Philosophy and Medicine in Plato's Dialogues
  • Disease and Cure in Ancient Greece
  • The Analogy Between Philosophy and Medicine
  • Plato's Dialogues as Medicinal Rhetoric
  • Looking Ahead
  • 3.. Diagnosis and Cure in the Symposium
  • The Psychiatric View of the Symposium: A Preliminary Case
  • The First Cycle of Speeches
  • The Encounter Between Socrates and Agathon
  • Socrates and Alcibiades
  • The Therapeutic Function of the Symposium
  • 4.. Diagnosis and Cure in the Philebus
  • The Central Theme: The Soul's Health
  • The Unity of the Philebus
  • The Therapeutic Significance of the Philebus
  • 5.. Summary, Prospect, and Conclusion
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography