Politics and Philosophy in Plato's Menexenus: Education and Rhetoric, Myth and History

ISBN-13: 9780367256135 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 236 str.

Nickolas Pappas; Mark Zelcer

Opis

Politics and Philosophy in Plato's Menexenus provides a persuasive alternative reading Plato's Menexenus, one that contributes in many ways to our understanding of Plato, and specifically to our understanding of his political thought.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: The Menexenus, its Persons, its Problems  1. Synopsis of the dialogue  2. Persons and dates of the dialogue  3. The Athenian funeral speech  4. The Menexenus as parody, as improvement  Part 2: Education and Rhetoric  5. Scenes of instruction: Pericles' missed opportunities  6. Philosophical rhetoric  Part 3: Myth and History  7. Myth  8. History.  Index