Vibox

Plato's Literary Garden : How to Read a Platonic Dialogue by Kenneth M. Sayre...

Description: Plato's dialogues are universally acknowledged as standing among the masterworks of the Western philosophic tradition. What most readers do not know, however, is that Plato also authored a public letter in which he unequivocally denies ever having written a work of philosophy. If Plato did not view his written dialogues as works of philosophy, how did he conceive them, and how should readers view them? In Plato's Literary Garden , Kenneth M. Sayre brings over thirty years of Platonic scholarship to bear on these questions, arguing that Plato did not intend the dialogues to serve as repositories of philosophic doctrine, but instead composed them as teaching instruments.

Price: 32 USD

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan

End Time: 2024-12-23T14:55:29.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD

Product Images

PlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlatoPlato

Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Number of Pages: 318 Pages

Publication Name: Plato's Literary Garden : How to Read a Platonic Dialogue

Language: English

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

Publication Year: 1995

Subject: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General, Criticism, Movements / Critical Theory

Item Height: 0.8 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 12.3 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Kenneth M. Sayre

Subject Area: Philosophy

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Hardcover

Recommended

Ancient Greek Philosophers Plato Aristotle Epicurus New Deluxe Leather Bound
Ancient Greek Philosophers Plato Aristotle Epicurus New Deluxe Leather Bound

$36.22

View Details
The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 2: The Symposium
The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 2: The Symposium

$8.26

View Details
Preface to Plato by Eric A Havelock
Preface to Plato by Eric A Havelock

$29.00

View Details
The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro; Apology; - 9780140449280, Plato, paperback
The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro; Apology; - 9780140449280, Plato, paperback

$4.45

View Details
The Harvard Classics Plato Epictetus Marcus Aurelius Deluxe Edition 1937 Collier
The Harvard Classics Plato Epictetus Marcus Aurelius Deluxe Edition 1937 Collier

$14.99

View Details
VINTAGE BOOK: PLATO; DIALOGUES; POCKET BOOKS, COLLECTOR’S EDITION, 1950
VINTAGE BOOK: PLATO; DIALOGUES; POCKET BOOKS, COLLECTOR’S EDITION, 1950

$20.00

View Details
Plato's the Republic Notes - paperback, 0822011298, Charles H Patterson Editor
Plato's the Republic Notes - paperback, 0822011298, Charles H Patterson Editor

$3.98

View Details
City and Soul in Plato's Republic
City and Soul in Plato's Republic

$25.02

View Details
Preface to Plato [History of the Greek Mind]
Preface to Plato [History of the Greek Mind]

$11.72

View Details
The Republic by Plato - 1972 HC w/ Slipcase & Sandglass - Pub. by Heritage Press
The Republic by Plato - 1972 HC w/ Slipcase & Sandglass - Pub. by Heritage Press

$24.99

View Details