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Why Plato Wrote
Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition Series
Author: Allen Danielle S.
Language: EnglishSubject for Why Plato Wrote:
Publication date: 12-2012
244 p. · 15.5x23.1 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 11-2010
246 p. · 16.3x23.9 cm · Hardback
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- Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics
- Offers accessible discussions of Plato?s philosophy of language and political theory
- Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xi
Prologue: Why Think about Plato? 1
Part I: Why Plato Wrote 9
Chapter 1: Who Was Plato? 11
Chapter 2: The Importance of Symbols in Human Life 24
Chapter 3: The Philosopher as Model-Maker 38
Chapter 4: The Philosopher as Shadow-Maker 55
Chapter 5: What Plato Wrote 70
Chapter 6: How Plato Lived 79
Part II: What Plato Did 87
Chapter 7: The Case for Influence 89
Chapter 8: Culture War Emergent 108
Chapter 9: Culture War Concluded 122
Epilogue: And to My Colleagues 143
Appendix 1: The Relationship between Paradigms and Forms 148
Appendix 2: A Second Tri-partite Division of the Soul? 154
Appendix 3: Miso- Compounds in Greek Literature 158
Notes 161
References 206
Further Reading 215
Index 219