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Plato's Charmides by Raphael Woolf (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10100930819X

ISBN-139781009308199

eBay Product ID (ePID)19058632725

Product Key Features

Book TitlePlato's Charmides

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

IllustratorYes

FeaturesNew Edition

GenrePhilosophy

AuthorRaphael Woolf

Book SeriesCambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2022-062059

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal184

Table Of Content1. Introduction: Content, Methodology, Structure; 2. The Stance of Enquiry: Five Examples; 3. Charmides, Eros, and the Unity of the Dialogue; 4. Interpreting Temperance; 5. The Art of Self-Realisation; 6. Conclusion: The Charmides as a Written Work; Bibliography; Indices.

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisPlato's Charmides is a rich mix of drama and argument. Raphael Woolf offers a comprehensive interpretation of its disparate elements that pays close attention to its complex and layered structure, and to the methodology of reading Plato. He thus aims to present a compelling and unified interpretation of the dialogue as a whole. The book mounts a strong case for the formal separation of Plato the author from his character Socrates, and for the Charmides as a Platonic defence of the written text as a medium for philosophical reflection. It lays greater emphasis than other readings on the centrality of eros to an understanding of Socratic procedure in the Charmides, and on how the dialogue's erotic and medical motifs work together. The book's critical engagement with the dialogue allows a worked-out account to be given of how temperance, the central object of enquiry in the work, is to be conceived., Plato's Charmides is a rich mix of provocative drama and intricate argument. This book offers a comprehensive interpretation of its disparate elements. Paying close attention to its complex structure, and to the methodology of reading Plato, Raphael Woolf presents a compelling and unified reading of the work as a whole.

LC Classification NumberB366.W66 2023