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How the Images in Plato's Dialogues Develop a Life of their Own [electronic resource] : When His Poetry Trumps His Philosophy
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenks, Rod.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plato--Writing skill.
- Plato.
- Plato. Dialogues.
- Local Subjects:
- Plato--Writing skill.
- Plato.
- Plato. Dialogues.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An attempt to explain how Plato's use of imagery in his dialogues affects his philosophy.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface: Paradoxes of Platonic Imagination; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Madness in the Dialogues; Chapter 2: Metaphorin the Crito; Chapter 3: The Meno and its Metaphors; Chapter 4: Some Images in Republic; Chapter 5: Suspircious Characters in the Corpus; Chapter 6: The Image and its Place in ""True"" Rhetoric; Epilogue; Bibliography; Indices
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1842-3
- OCLC:
- 809771273
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