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Plato's dialectic at play :

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027102271X

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9780271022710

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0271024623

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0271075589

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9780271029139

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9780271049151

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9780271075587

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b752120

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MWT11645061

Title Proper

Plato's dialectic at play :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

argument, structure, and myth in the Symposium /

First Statement of Responsibility

Kevin Corrigan and Elena Glazov-Corrigan.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

University Park, Pa. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (ix, 266 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index.

Text of Note

Apollodorus's prologue : an imitation of an imitation -- Aristodemus's prologue : the destruction and transformation of the factual frame of reference -- The order of the speeches : formulating the problem -- From character to speech : the early speeches and their significance -- Diotima-Socrates : mythical thought in the making -- The greater mysteries and the structure of the Symposium so far -- Alcibiades and the conclusion of the Symposium : the test and trial of praise -- Conclusion : Plato's dialectic at play.

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Text of Note

The Symposium is one of Plato's most accessible dialogues, an engrossing historical document as well as an entertaining literary masterpiece. By uncovering the structural design of the dialogue, Plato's Dialectic at Play aims at revealing a Plato for whom the dialogical form was not merely ornamentation or philosophical methodology but the essence of philosophical exploration. His dialectic is not only argument; it is also play. Careful analysis of each layer of the text leads cumulatively to a picture of the dialogue's underlying structure, related to both argument and myth, and shows that a dynamic link exists between Diotima's higher mysteries and the organization of the dialogue as a whole. On this basis, the authors argue that the Symposium, with its positive theory of art contained in the ascent to the Beautiful, may be viewed as a companion piece to the Republic, with its negative critique of the role of art in the context of the Good. Following Nietzsche's suggestion and applying criteria developed by Mikhail Bakhtin, they further argue for seeing the Symposium as the first novel. The book concludes with a comprehensive reevaluation of the significance of the Symposium and its place in Plato's thought generally, touching on major issues in Platonic scholarship: the nature of art, the body-soul connection, the problem of identity, the relationship between mythos and logos, Platonic love, and the question of authorial writing and the vanishing signature of the absent Plato himself.

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Midwest Tape, LLC

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JSTOR

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11645061

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22573/ctv14g2b8r

Title

Plato's dialectic at play.

International Standard Book Number

0271024623

Plato-- Writing skill.

Plato., Symposium.

Plato.

Symposium (Plato)

Literaire structuur.

Philosophy & Religion.

PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

PHILOSOPHY-- History & Surveys-- Ancient & Classical.

Philosophy.

Symposium (Plato)

LIT-- 004190

PHI-- 002000

PHI-- 026000

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Edition

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Book number

Corrigan, Kevin.

Corrigan, Elena.

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20201204114743.0

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