How the images in Plato's dialogues develop a life of their own : when his poetry trumps his philosophy / Rod Jenks ; with a preface by Nicholas D. Smith
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface: Paradoxes of Platonic Imagination; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Madness in the Dialogues; Chapter 2: Metaphorin the Crito; Chapter 3: The Meno and its Metaphors; Chapter 4: Some Images in Republic; Chapter 5: Suspircious Characters in the Corpus; Chapter 6: The Image and its Place in ""True"" Rhetoric; Epilogue; Bibliography; Indices
Summary
An attempt to explain how Plato's use of imagery in his dialogues affects his philosophy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index
