Euthydemus

ISBN-13: 9781605125275 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 116 str.

Plato

Opis

Euthydemus is Platos defense of Socratic dialogue as a means to pursue truth.In Euthydemus, Plato has Socrates engage in a conversation with the title character and his brother Dionysodorus, both famous Sophists. They are representative of a type of argument, which Plato calls eristic, that emphasizes verbal trickery in order to humiliate your opponent and win your debate. This is contrasted with Socrates dialectic, where words are a means of discerning reality, not gaining victory. In the process, Plato makes a case for the Socratic method as a means of educating youth, something he was attempting to do in his own newly-opened Academy.Presented in Platos usual dramatic style, Euthydemus is simultaneously an engaging read and a passionate pedagogical manifesto.