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Named Person: | Plato.; Socrates.; Plato.; Platon.; Socrate.; Socrates.; Plato; Socrates; Socrate; PlatÃo.; Plato; Plato.; Socrates.; Plato.; Socrates. |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Beversluis |
ISBN: | 0521550580 9780521550581 |
OCLC Number: | 40783796 |
Description: | xii, 416 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The Socratic interlocutor -- Elenchus and sincere assent -- Crito -- Ion -- Hippias -- Laches and Nicias -- Charmides and Critias -- Euthyphro -- Cephalus -- Polemarchus -- Thrasymachus -- Hippocrates -- Protagoras -- Gorgias -- Polus -- Callicles -- The last days of the Socratic interlocutor. |
Responsibility: | John Beversluis. |
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Abstract:
This book is a re-reading of the early dialogues of Plato from the point of view of the people with whom Socrates engages in debate. It takes these interlocutors seriously and treats them as genuine intellectual opponents whose views are often more defensible than commentators have standardly thought.
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'This is an absolutely splendid book. Beautifully written, very original, entertaining, considerate, compassionate.' Myles Burnyeat ' ... one of the best book on Socrates to appear in many years.' David Sedley Read more...

