Philosophos : Plato's missing dialogue /
This text presents a bold new explanation of why the dialogue which Plato promised to write on the Philosopher, complementing the Sophist and the Statesman, is missing. It argues that he left it unwritten in order to stimulate his readers and encourage them to work out, for themselves, the portrait...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This text presents a bold new explanation of why the dialogue which Plato promised to write on the Philosopher, complementing the Sophist and the Statesman, is missing. It argues that he left it unwritten in order to stimulate his readers and encourage them to work out, for themselves, the portrait it would have contained. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191632839 019163283X 1283597446 9781283597449 0198708653 9780198708650 6613909890 9786613909893 |