How Plato Writes - The Educational and Protreptic Intent of the Great Student of Socrates

The difficulties in interpreting Plato depend on a misunderstanding of his writing technique. To overcome them, this study focuses on his technique, based on a laborious game, by which he prompts the reader to take action in response to his provocations and to his use of Socratic maieutics: it produces the sequence of dialogues as a great protreptic. Understanding his use of this technique allows us to grasp his uni-multiple vision of reality.Maurizio Migliori, former professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Macerata (Italy) and member of the International Plato Society, was a specialist on Plato to whom he dedicated numerous books and over 100 articles, in international journals and books.

Product details

• Authors: Maurizio Migliori
• Publisher: Academia Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9783985721450
• ISBN: 978-3-9857214-5-0
• No. of pages: 202
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 15 mm x 220 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Series: Lecturae Platonis
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Antiquity