Plato's philosophers : the coherence of the dialogues /

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Author / Creator:	Zuckert, Catherine H., 1942-
Edition:	Paperback ed.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012, c2009.
Description:	viii, 888 p. ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Plato. -- Dialogues. Dialogues (Plato)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9114981

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ISBN:	9780226007748 (pbk.) 022600774X (pbk.) 9780226993386 (ebook) 0226993388 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [863]-879) and index.
Summary:	Faced with the task of discerning Plato's true ideas from the contradictory voices he used to express them, scholars have never made sense of the many incompatibilities within and between the dialogues. Zuckert explains how these prose dramas cohere to reveal a Platonic understanding of philosophy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Platonic dramatology
The political and philosophical problems. Using pre-Socratic philosophy to support political reform: the Athenian stranger ; Plato's Parmenides: Parmenides' critique of Socrates and Plato's critique of Parmenides ; Becoming Socrates ; Socrates interrogates his contemporaries about the noble and good
Two paradigms of philosophy. Socrates' positive teaching ; Timaeus-Critias: completing or challenging Socratic political philosophy? ; Socratic practice
The trial and death of Socrates. The limits of human intelligence ; The Eleatic challenge ; The trial and death of Socrates
Conclusion: Why Plato made Socrates his hero.

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