{"product_id":"platonic-questions-dialogues-with-the-silent-philosopher-paperback","title":"Platonic Questions: Dialogues with the Silent Philosopher - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiskin Clay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dialogue has disappeared as a mode of writing philosophy, and philosophers who study Plato today often ignore the form in which Plato's work appears in favor of reconstructing and analyzing arguments thought to be conveyed by the content of the dialogues. A distinguished classicist here offers an approach to understanding Plato that tries to do full justice to the form of Platonic philosophy, appreciated against the background of Greek literature and history, while also giving proper due to the important philosophic content of the dialogues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book deals in turn with Plato's relation to and portraits of Socrates, the literary and philosophical character of the dialogues (including the problems of interpreting a philosopher who never speaks in his own name), and the modes of argumentation employed in the dialogues as well as some of their major themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiskin Clay is R. J. R. Nabisco Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eParadosis and Survival: Three Chapters in the History of Epicurean Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) and F\u003ci\u003eour Island Utopias: Plato's Atlantis, Euhemeros of Messene's Panchaia, Iamboulos' Island of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; Francis Bacon's New Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e, with Andrea Lee Purvis (FOCUS Philosophical Library, 1999). Chapters in the History of Epicurean Philosophy (Michigan, 1990) and \u003ci\u003eFour Island Utopias: Plato's Atlantis, Euhemeros of Messene's Panchaia, Iamboulos' Island of the Sun, Francis Bacon's New Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e, with Andrea Lee Purvis (1999).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736806330431,"sku":"9780271030036","price":66.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d4bab7ecf482af87391b8c5bf96cbc67.webp?v=1765147918","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/platonic-questions-dialogues-with-the-silent-philosopher-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}