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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823967603321

Titolo

Framing the dialogues : how to read openings and closures in Plato / / edited by Eleni Kaklamanou, Maria Pavlou, Antonis Tsakmakis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

90-04-44399-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 318 pages)

Collana

Brill's Plato Studies Series ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

808.00938

Soggetti

Rhetoric, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"It is well known that scrutiny of Plato's first words begins with Proclus' commentary on the Parmenides. Proclus asks how we, the readers of a Platonic dialogue, could or should treat the prooimia of the dialogues. Proclus supports the view that a reader should first understand the dialogue and then revisit the opening scene, aiming to understand how the philosophical content developed in the main part of the dialogue sheds light on the prelude. It is thanks to Myles Burnyeat that Proclus' approach to the Platonic prooimia became part of the contemporary discussion regarding the nature of Plato's first words"--