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The Third Way: New Directions in Platonic Studies
Francisco Gonzalez
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Description for The Third Way: New Directions in Platonic Studies
hardcover. This collection of essays illustrates the fruitfulness of breaking away from those paradigms which have divided Platonic scholarship and led it to a number of dead ends. Each essay seeks to find a "third way" of understanding Plato. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
The study of Plato's dialogues has traditionally oscillated between two paradigms: one that portrays the dialogues as treatises expounding doctrines and one that sees them as purely skeptical, rhetorical, or literary. This collection of new essays by twelve noted Plato scholars illustrates the fruitfulness of breaking away from those paradigms, which have divided Platonic scholarship and led it to a number of dead ends. While the essays are diverse in their approaches, each seeks to find a 'third way' to understand Plato, reading him as neither a dogmatist nor a skeptic but as a philosopher capable of reconciling the content ... Read more
The study of Plato's dialogues has traditionally oscillated between two paradigms: one that portrays the dialogues as treatises expounding doctrines and one that sees them as purely skeptical, rhetorical, or literary. This collection of new essays by twelve noted Plato scholars illustrates the fruitfulness of breaking away from those paradigms, which have divided Platonic scholarship and led it to a number of dead ends. While the essays are diverse in their approaches, each seeks to find a 'third way' to understand Plato, reading him as neither a dogmatist nor a skeptic but as a philosopher capable of reconciling the content ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847681136
SKU
KSG0032375
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About Francisco Gonzalez
Francisco J. Gonzalez is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Skidmore College.
Reviews for The Third Way: New Directions in Platonic Studies
The essays are very accessible and offer important ways to broach the meanings in Plato without being deluged with historical baggage.
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