Plato's dialogue form and the care of the soul / Mark Moes.
| Author/creator | Moes, Mark, 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : P. Lang, ©2000. |
| Description | xiv, 222 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | New perspectives in philosophical scholarship ; vol. 13 New perspectives in philosophical scholarship ; 13. ^A358742 |
| Contents | 1. Problem of Plato's Dialogue Form 1 -- Proto-Essay View 1 -- Problems With the Proto-Essay View 3 -- Gilbert Ryle's View 7 -- Kenneth Sayre's View 9 -- Mitchell Miller's View 15 -- Stanley Rosen's Suggestion 22 -- 2. Analogy Between Philosophy and Medicine in Plato's Dialogues 25 -- Disease and Cure in Ancient Greece 27 -- Analogy Between Philosophy and Medicine 32 -- Plato's Dialogues as Medicinal Rhetoric 46 -- Looking Ahead 56 -- 3. Diagnosis and Cure in the Symposium 59 -- Psychiatric View of the Symposium: A Preliminary Case 59 -- First Cycle of Speeches 70 -- Encounter Between Socrates and Agathon 84 -- Socrates and Alcibiades 104 -- Therapeutic Function of the Symposium 109 -- 4. Diagnosis and Cure in the Philebus 113 -- Central Theme: The Soul's Health 114 -- Unity of the Philebus 122 -- Therapeutic Significance of the Philebus 155. |
| Review | "Plato's Dialogue Form and the Care of the Soul discusses how to read a Platonic dialogue and includes detailed readings of the Symposium and the Philebus. In light of recent nondogmatic and dramatic readings of Plato's work, it argues that the dialogues depict Socrates and the other masters as practicing philosophy by extending and reinterpreting Greek medicine in a peculiar quasi-psychiatric way. This book contends that many of the dialogues are depictions of conversations between philosophers and nonphilosophers, conversations which are importantly similar to interactions between physicians and patients in Greek medical practice. |
| Summary | The book contends that these conversations include both diagnostic and therapeutic moments, and function as quasi-psychiatric case histories presented by Plato to his readers."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Moes, Mark, 1951- Plato's dialogue form and the care of the soul. New York : P. Lang, ©2000 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 98050412 |
| ISBN | 0820444596 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780820444598 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B395 .M73 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |