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1、APPROACHINGPLATOAGuidetotheEarlyandMiddleDialogues1WelcometoApproachingPlato,anonlinetextdesignedtoprovideaidstothestudyofPlato‟searlyandmiddledialogues.Hereyouwillfindmaterialcovering15ofPlato‟sworks.Foreachofthedialoguesthereisalistandbriefdescript
2、ionofthemaincharacters,outlines(bothashortandalonger,moredetailedversion),andaninterpretiveessay.Othersupplementarymaterialisincludedaswell,suchasanimaginedletterfromXanthippetohermotherreflectingontheactionsofSocratesandhisfriendsduringthedaysleadin
3、guptothephilosopher‟sexecution;andanaccountofthevariouswaysSocratescharacterizeshisrelationtotheoracleofApollointheApology.ThelongeroutlinesaresupplementedwithGreektextsothatthosewhoknowthelanguagecanseefor2themselvestheoriginalwordsandphrasesbehindo
4、urtranslations.Wehavedesignedthematerialincludedonthissitetobeofusetostudentsandprofessorsofeverylevel.Theoutlinesareusefulinanumberofways.Thosewhoreadadialogueforthefirsttime(orforthefirstfewtimes)oftenfinditdifficulttofollowthecourseofPlato‟sargume
5、nts,whichcanbedense,allusive,concealed,andoftenlongandinterwovenwithothermaterial.Theoutlinesassistcomprehensionbyhighlightingthedialogues‟mainthemes,theirorderofpresentation,andtheirinterconnections.Thesection-divisionswithineachoutlineindicatewhich
6、partsofadialoguemustbereadasone—read,thatis,inonesitting—andthuswhereonemaytakeabreakfromreadingwithoutbreakingthethreadofanargument.Studentsandprofessorsalikecanalsousetheoutlinesasbriefremindersofthemainthemesandargumentsofdialogueswithwhichtheyare
7、alreadywellacquainted.Asnotedabove,wehavedesignedtheoutlinesinsuchawaythatthosewhocanreadGreekandwhowishtoseecertainwordsandphraseintheoriginallanguagecandoso.TherearemanywaystoreadPlato.Theessaysonthissiteareinterpretive,notexhaustive.Theyhavebeenwr
8、ittenwithadvancedundergraduates,graduatestudents,andprofessorsinmind.Theyarenotsummariesofthedialoguesorintroductionstothescholarlyconsensusabouttheirmeaningorimport.Rather,theyareoccasionallyidiosyncraticand,wehope,alwayschallengingandprovocativeref
