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1、READINGPLATOTakingthecritiqueofwritinginthePhaedrusasastartingpoint—whereSocratesarguesthatabookcannotchooseitsreadernorcanitdefenditselfagainstmisinterpretation—ReadingPlatoofferssolutionstotheproblemsofinterpretingthePlatonicdialogues.•WhatwasPlato’sintentioninwritingdial
2、ogues,nottreatises?•Didhechoosethedialogue-forminordertohidehisownviewsandsopreservewhatmoderninterpretershavecalled‘Platonicanonymity’?•Whatdidhemeanbyhisseverecriticismofwriting?•Didhehaveanoralphilosophy,asreportedbyAristotle?ThomasA.Szlezákpersuasivelyanderuditelyargues
3、thatthedialoguesaredesignedtostimulatephilosophicalinquirybyturningreaders’souls,asfaraswritingcanachievethis,totheloveofwisdom(philo-sophia).Thedialoguesintroducethemtotheartofarguingphilosophicallywhileshowingthatoraldialecticwillnecessarilygobeyondwhatthedialoguesthemsel
4、vescanoffer.ReadingPlatooffersaconciseandilluminatinginsightintothecomplexitiesanddifficultiesofthePlatonicdialogueswhichwillbeinvaluabletoanystudentofPlato’sphilosophy.SincepublicationoftheGermanoriginal(1993)ReadingPlatohasbeentranslatedintoseveralEuropeanlanguages.READIN
5、GPLATOThomasA.SzlezákTranslatedbyGrahamZankerLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1993asPlatonlesenbyVerlagfrommann-holzboog,StuttgartThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2005.“TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspl
6、easegotohttp://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/.”FirstpublishedinEnglish1999byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001©1993FriedrichFrommannVerlagGüntherHolzboogTranslation©1999RoutledgeTherightofTh
7、omasA.SzlezáktobeidentifiedastheAuthorofthisWorkhasbeenassertedbyhiminaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,incl
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