Ascent to the Beautiful - Plato Teacher Pre Republic Dialogues From Protagoras to Symposium

This book is a study of Plato's most elementary dialogues, arranged in relation to Reading Order as opposed to order of composition. Beginning with the theatrical Protagoras and reaching a mountaintop in Symposium, the dialogues between them-Alcibiades, Lovers, Hippias, Ion, and Menexenus-introduce the student to both philosophy and Platonism.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface: Plato the Teacher and Reading Order
Introduction: Schleiermacher and Plato
1 Protagoras as Gateway
� Protagoras before Alcibiades
� Xenophon before Plato
� Taking the Measure of Protagoras
� Interpreting the Misinterpretation of Simonides
2 The Elementary Dialogues: the Alcibiades dyad and Lovers
� The 靠 靠靠靠靠 Fallacy
� The More Perfect Mirror
� Between Alcibiades and Lovers
3 Hippias Major: Between Protagoras and Symposium
� Reading Order and Authenticity
� Plato's pons asinorum
�. Deceiving with the Double
4 The Musical Dialogues: Hippias Minor, Ion, and Menexenus
�. Deception Defended?
�. Inspired Interpretation?
�. Rhetoric Rejected?
5 Symposium as 靠靠�/p>�. Integrating Symposium
�. History and Tragedy
�. Alcestis, Codrus, and Achilles
�. Catching Sight of the Sea
Epilogue: Imagining Plato's Academy
Bibliography
Index
Index locorum
Index verborum
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By William H. F. Altman

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• Authors: William H. F. Altman, Xxwilliam H. F. Altmanxx
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781793615954
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-595-4
• No. of pages: 618
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day