Plato's dialogue form and the care of the soul /
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Author / Creator: | Moes, Mark, 1951- |
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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 |
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