Plato's Styles and Characters: Between Literature and Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9783110578171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 436 str.

Cornelli, Gabriele

Opis

The volumes published in the series "Beiträge zur Altertumskunde" comprise monographs, collective volumes, editions, translations and commentaries on various topics from the fields of Greek and Latin Philology, Ancient History, Archeology, Ancient Philosophy as well as Classical Reception Studies. The series thus offers indispensable research tools for a wide range of disciplines related to the Ancient Studies.

The significance of Plato's literary style to the content of his ideas isone of the central problems in the study of Plato. Thisvolume presents some of the most recent scholarshipon the wide range of issues related to Plato's dialogue form. The essaysaddress general questions concerning Plato's literary style, the relation of his style to other genres and traditions in Ancient Greece, and Plato's characters and his purpose in using them.

O autorze

Gabriele Cornelli, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.