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The Pedagogy of Wisdom : An Interpretation of Plato's Theaetetus / Gregory Kirk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirk, Gregory, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Rereading ancient philosophy.
- Rereading ancient philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plato. Theaetetus.
- Plato.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- In this interpretive commentary on Theaetetus , Gregory Kirk makes a major contribution to scholarship on Plato by emphasizing the relevance of the interpersonal dynamics between the interlocutors for the interpretation of the dialogue's central arguments about knowledge.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Human life as the occasion for the possibility of knowledge
- Preparing an introduction to the question of knowledge (142a-143c)
- The teacher (143d1-151d3)
- The delivery of an idea (151d4-160e6)
- Learning to think through perception (160e7-186e11)
- The shortcomings of abstraction (187a1-201c7)
- Knowledge as a whole (201c8-210d4)
- Conclusion. The Theaetetus as a whole.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-3101-3
- OCLC:
- 918923939
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