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An image of the soul in speech : Plato and the problem of Socrates
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An image of the soul in speech : Plato and the problem of Socrates

Author: David N McNeill
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2010.
Series: Literature and philosophy.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In this book, David McNeill illuminates Plato's distinctive approach to philosophy by examining how his literary portrayal of Socrates manifests an essential interdependence between philosophic and ethical inquiry. In particular, McNeill demonstrates how Socrates' confrontation with profound ethical questions about his public philosophic activity is the key to understanding the distinctively mimetic, dialogic, and  Read more...
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Named Person: Socrates.; Plato.; Plato; Socrates
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David N McNeill
ISBN: 9780271035857 0271035854
OCLC Number: 421147481
Description: ix, 345 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Plato's Socrates on the problem of Socrates --
Republic, Book 1: philosophy and cultural decadence --
Polemarchus, politics, and action --
Thrasymachus, rhetoric, and the art of rule --
Gorgias and the divine work of persuasion --
Protagoras, antinaturalism, and the political art --
Tyrannical Eros and the philosophic orientation of the Republic --
Imitation and experience --
Poetry, psychology, and to/qumoeide/ --
Psychology and ontology --
An image of the soul in speech.
Series Title: Literature and philosophy.
Responsibility: David N. McNeill.

Abstract:

"In this book, David McNeill illuminates Plato's distinctive approach to philosophy by examining how his literary portrayal of Socrates manifests an essential interdependence between philosophic and ethical inquiry. In particular, McNeill demonstrates how Socrates' confrontation with profound ethical questions about his public philosophic activity is the key to understanding the distinctively mimetic, dialogic, and reflexive character of Socratic philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.

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