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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2009
      February 2006
      ISBN:
      9780511482632
      9780521640336
      9780521104685
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482632
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.543kg, 252 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.38kg, 252 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato
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    Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
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    Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato
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    Given its brevity, Plato's Meno covers an astonishingly wide array of topics: politics, education, virtue, definition, philosophical method, mathematics, the nature and acquisition of knowledge and immortality. Its treatment of these, though profound, is tantalisingly short, leaving the reader with many unresolved questions. This book confronts the dialogue's many enigmas and attempts to solve them in a way that is both lucid and sympathetic to Plato's philosophy. Reading the dialogue as a whole, it explains how different arguments are related to one another and how the interplay between characters is connected to the philosophical content of the work. In a new departure, this book's exploration focuses primarily on the content and coherence of the dialogue in its own right and not merely in the context of other dialogues, making it required reading for all students of Plato, be they from the world of classics or philosophy.

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    'Dominic Scott's new monograph on Plato's Meno is a tour de force. Readers of Plato in general, and this extensively-mined dialogue in particular, will be aware of how high the standards have now been set for writing about Plato as both literary genius and philosophical pioneer, by Taylor, Cornford, Vlastos and others. They will be correspondingly impressed by how successfully Scott's beautifully written work equals and sometimes surpasses these standards, while admirably avoiding both the fanciful and the anachronistic.'

    Source: Journal of Hellenic Studies

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