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Author Ben, N. van der.

Title The Charmides of Plato : Problems and Interpretations
Published Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1985

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Description 1 online resource (113 pages)
Contents THE CHARMIDES OF PLATO PROBLEMS AND INTERPRETATIONS; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Summary of the contents of the Charmides; Discussion of passages; Select bibliography containing those studies referred to by their authors' names alone, in chronological order; Index of passages cited
Summary The Charmides is among Plato's most intriguing and perplexing dialogues. The range of subjects touched or treated is extremely wide: matters logical, epistemological, moral, ethical, political, and religious. In many cases, these are discussed in a highly inconclusive and aporetic way, especially when it comes to the subject of knowledge. Finally, the dialogue is also difficult on almost every level of its expression; mock-reasonings, misunderstandings, ironies, paradoxes, and perplexities abound. As a result, the run of its many arguments, both on the short and the long range, and its overall
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Subject Plato. Charmides.
Plato -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Plato fast
Charmides (Plato) fast
Subject Greek literature.
Greek literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027272546
9027272549