The charmides of Plato : problems and interpretations / N. Van der Ben.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben, N. van der.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature.

Plato. Charmides.

Plato.

Plato--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : B. R. Gruner Pub. Co., 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Charmides is among Plato's most intriguing and perplexing dialogues. The range of subjects touched or treated is extremely wide: matters logical, epistemological, moral, ethical, political, and religious. In many cases, these are discussed in a highly inconclusive and aporetic way, especially when it comes to the subject of knowledge. Finally, the dialogue is also difficult on almost every level of its expression; mock-reasonings, misunderstandings, ironies, paradoxes, and perplexities abound. As a result, the run of its many arguments, both on the short and the long range, and its overall

Contents:

THE CHARMIDES OF PLATO PROBLEMS AND INTERPRETATIONS; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Summary of the contents of the Charmides; Discussion of passages; Select bibliography containing those studies referred to by their authors' names alone, in chronological order; Index of passages cited

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-90324-5

90-272-7254-9

OCLC:

811491019