Plato and the Elements of Dialogue

Informationen zum Autor John H. Fritz teaches philosophy at Duquesne University. Klappentext Plato and the Elements of Dialogue focuses on the structural features of Plato's writings and tries to show how he uses these features in provocative and interesting ways. Instead of focusing merely on why Plato wrote dialogues, this book tries to discover and disclose what the dialogues are, positioning it as a complement to the already large concerns about Plato's use of the dialogue form. Zusammenfassung Plato and the Elements of Dialogue focuses on the structural features of Plato's writings and tries to show how he uses these features in provocative and interesting ways. Instead of focusing merely on why Plato wrote dialogues! this book tries to discover and disclose what the dialogues are! positioning it as a complement to the already large concerns about Plato's use of the dialogue form. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One IntroductionChapter Two CharacterChapter Three Definite Time in the ParmenidesChapter Four Definite Place in the LysisChapter Five The Indefinite Time and Place of the PhilebusChapter Six Plato's Use of FramesChapter Seven Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: John H. Fritz, Fritz John H.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2015
• EAN: 9781498512046
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1204-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500