DIALECTIC IN ACTION An Examination of Plato's Crito Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

The Classical Press of Wales, 2005

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Year of publication

2005

Author

Stokes, Michael C.

Publishers

The Classical Press of Wales

Keyword

Plato Crito Platonic Dialogues Philosophers And Philosophy Greek, Literature Classical Greek & Roman

Cover description

Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0954384598

Description

Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Author's Gift inscription on ffep. ; 230 pages; Plato's Crito examines a single moral decision, whether Socrates ought to escape from his death-cell. Stokes's book discusses Socrates' arguments against Crito's offer of escape. It construes Socrates' questions as genuine questions, which clarify and undermine Critos positions. Stokes's approach avoids the "documentary fallacy"; it shows how Plato catered for both the novice and the experienced reader of his published works. This book offers a fresh account of Socrates' whole strategy. It demonstrates both the shakiness of Socrates' persuasion of the un-philosophical Crito to engage in dialectic, and the coherence of his substantive confutation. Plato's reasoning emerges from Stokes's study with more credit than many have given it.; Signed by Author