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Author Sermamoglou-Soulmaidi, Georgia

Title Playful Philosophy and Serious Sophistry : a Reading of Plato's ""Euthydemus""
Published Berlin : De Gruyter, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages)
Series Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; v. 115
Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte
Contents Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Playful Philosophy: The Protreptic Scenes -- 2 Serious Sophistry: The Eristic Scenes -- 3 Conflating Philosophy and Sophistry: The Framing Scenes -- 4 Reversals: Laughter, Play, and Seriousness -- Conclusion: Overall Interpretation -- Appendix: The Structure of the Euthydemus -- Works Cited -- Index of Proper Names -- Greek Works Cited -- General Index
Summary This book provides an interpretation of Plato's Euthydemus as a unified piece of literature, taking into account both its dramatic and its philosophical aspects. It sheds new light on some old questions, including the relation between knowledge, virtue and happiness. Further, it pays due attention to the arguments of the sophists that are often neglected, focusing on the similarities between Socrates and his eristic opponents
Analysis Euthydemus
Plato
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes In English
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Subject Plato. Euthydemus.
SUBJECT Euthydemus (Plato) fast
Subject Philosophy.
Philosophy
philosophy.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110365870
3110365871
9783110391381
3110391384