Finitude and transcendence in the Platonic dialogues
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Finitude and transcendence in the Platonic dialogues
（SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy）
State University of New York Press, c1995
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at 12 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-203) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explains how to read Plato, emphasizing the philosophic importance of the dramatic aspects of the dialogues, and showing that Plato is an ironic thinker and that his irony is deeply rooted in his philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Place of Philosophy
2. Republic, Book 2, and the Origins of Political Philosophy
3. Plato's "Three Waves" and the Question of Utopia
4. Irony as Finite Transcendence
5. The Whole Tragedy and Comedy of Philosophy
6. Truth and Finitude: On Heidegger's Reading of Plato
7. But What about the Ideas?
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
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