Plato's Charmides (eBook)

An Interpretative Commentary

Voula Tsouna (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-04170-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Charmides is a difficult and enigmatic dialogue traditionally considered one of Plato's Socratic dialogues. This book provides a close text commentary on the dialogue which tracks particular motifs throughout. These notably include the characterization of Critias, Charmides, and Socrates; the historical context and subtext, literary features such as irony and foreshadowing; the philosophical context and especially how the dialogue looks back to more traditional Socratic dialogues and forward to dialogues traditionally placed in Plato's middle and late period; and most importantly the philosophical and logical details of the arguments and their dialectical function. A new translation of the dialogue is included in an appendix. This will be essential reading for all scholars and students of Plato and of ancient philosophy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.2.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
• ISBN-10: 1-009-04170-3 / 1009041703
• ISBN-13: 978-1-009-04170-6 / 9781009041706