These essays by philosophers, philologists and historians exemplify both the pluralism and shared values of recent scholarship on Plato's dialogues and philosophy. They emphasise the interdependence of ideas, literary and dramatic elements, and the historical and cultural contexts.
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. . . will be of interest to Plato scholars and useful for graduate seminars on Plato. (Religious Studies Review )
Plato's Dialogues is one of the more useful contributions to the discussion . . . the gem of the collection was Rosemary Kent Sprague's pungent characterization of Platonic studies in the sixties . . . British scholars particularly will benefit by reading what she has to say. (Greece And Rome )
. . . bears witness to a major new development in Plato studies . . . yields a rich harvest of new insights into Plato's thought. (Walter Watson )
. . . a fine contribution to the ongoing effort to understand what it means to interpret a Platonic dialogue. (Charles Griswold )
. . . should generate some interesting arguments in the next few years. (Choice )
Plato's Dialogues is one of the more useful contributions to the discussion . . . the gem of the collection was Rosemary Kent Sprague's pungent characterization of Platonic studies in the sixties . . . British scholars particularly will benefit by reading what she has to say. (Greece And Rome )
. . . bears witness to a major new development in Plato studies . . . yields a rich harvest of new insights into Plato's thought. (Walter Watson )
. . . a fine contribution to the ongoing effort to understand what it means to interpret a Platonic dialogue. (Charles Griswold )
. . . should generate some interesting arguments in the next few years. (Choice )
About the Author
Gerald A. Press, associate professor of philosophy at Hunter College of the City University of New York, is the author of The Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity and Maps of Knowledge.
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