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13%OFFDavid Schur - Plato's Wayward Path: Literary Form and the <i>Republic </i> (Hellenic Studies Series) - 9780674417212 - V9780674417212
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Plato's Wayward Path: Literary Form and the Republic (Hellenic Studies Series)

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Description for Plato's Wayward Path: Literary Form and the Republic (Hellenic Studies Series) Paperback. Scholars of the literary aspect of Plato try to reconcile his dialogue form with the expository imperative of philosophical argument. Classicists and philosophers explain this form in terms of rhetorical devices serving didactic goals. David Schur brings literary and classical studies into debate, questioning modern views of Plato's dialogue form. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.

Since Friedrich Schleiermacher’s work in the 1800s, scholars interested in the literary dimension of Plato’s writings have sought to reconcile the dialogue form with the expository imperative of philosophical argument. It is now common for mainstream classicists and philosophers to attribute vital importance to literary form in Plato, which they often explain in terms of rhetorical devices serving didactic goals. This study brings the disciplines of literary and classical studies into methodological debate, questioning modern views of Plato’s dialogue form.

In the first part of this book, David Schur argues that the literary features of Plato’s dialogues—when treated as ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Condition
New
Series
Hellenic Studies Series
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674417212
SKU
V9780674417212
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About David Schur
David Schur is Assistant Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

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