Plato: The Midwife's Apprentice (RLE: Plato) (Routledge Library Editions: Plato) - Softcover

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Crombie, I

 
9780415751537: Plato: The Midwife's Apprentice (RLE: Plato) (Routledge Library Editions: Plato)
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ISBN 10: 0415751535 ISBN 13: 9780415751537
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

In Plato’s Theaetetus, Socrates is portrayed as a midwife to the intellect, a metaphor for his task as a dialectician as he seeks to help give birth to wisdom. Thus it is that the author refers to Plato as the midwife’s apprentice. This volume represents an attempt to provide a more manageable account of the author’s two volume magnum opus, An Examination of Plato’s Doctrines. An accessible and lucid introduction to Plato’s ideas is provided which nonetheless challenges traditional interpretations. In particular the author is concerned to offer an interpretation of the significance of what Plato said. The chapters are arranged by topic, for ease of comprehension.

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Crombie, I

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415751535
ISBN 13 
9780415751537
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
208

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