The Platonic Theages - An Introduction, Commentary and Critical Edition

This is the first comprehensive study of the Theages, a dialogue whose Platonic authorship was not questioned in antiquity but has been doubted by most modern scholars.
The book s introductory chapters confront such problems as the dialogue s purpose and meaning, its authenticity and date of composition, its depiction of Socrates divine sign, and its relation to other Platonic and Socratic literature.
The commentary deals in detail with a wide range of philosophical, philological and literary questions. A new text is also offered here, the first to be founded upon a complete knowledge of the manuscript tradition.

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"Joyal s commentary is the first work that has done justice to the Theages as a genuine document of Ancient Greek rather than as a work to insult and denigrate because it does not reach the heights of the best Platonic dialogues. Philologists and philosophers can gain immeasurably from Joyal s work."
Gnomon

Product details

• Authors: Mark Joyal
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2000
• EAN: 9783515072304
• ISBN: 978-3-515-07230-4
• No. of pages: 335
• Weight: 674 g
• Series: Philosophie der Antike; Philosophie der Antike
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History