Plato's "Sophist" Revisited

Plato's
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 9783110287134
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Book Synopsis Plato's "Sophist" Revisited by : Beatriz Bossi

Download or read book Plato's "Sophist" Revisited written by Beatriz Bossi and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of a selection of papers which throw new light on old problems in one of Plato's most difficult dialogues. The papers included fall into three broad categories: a) those dealing directly with the ostensible aim of the dialogue, the various definitions of a sophist from different perspectives (T. Robinson, F. Casadesús, J. Monserrat-P. Sandoval, A. Bernabé, M. Narcy and K. Dorter ; b) a number which tackle a specific question brought up in the dialogue, and that is, how Plato relates to Heraclitus and to Parmenides in the matter of his understanding of being and non-being (E. Hülsz, D. O'Brien, B. Bossi, P. Mesquita and N. Cordero) ; and c) those discussing various other broad issues brought to the fore in the dialogue, such as the 'greatest kinds', true and false statement, difference and mimesis (F. Fronterotta, J. de Garay, D. Ambuel and L. Palumbo).The variety of schools and backgrounds of the authors makes this book unique as a tool for the appreciation of the different approaches possible to well-known hermeneutical problems.


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