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Discover Plato: Gorgias, Menexenus, Protagoras, 1st Edition, Malcolm Schofield, HB ISBN: 9780521837293 on Higher Education from Cambridge.
- Tom Griffith
- 2009
Oct 4, 2019 · This chapter presents a reading of Protagoras and Gorgias. The two dialogues, whatever the relative chronology, both present conversations marked by skilfull characterization and show Plato’s ability to encourage serious philosophical reflection through the interplay of vividly drawn participants.
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Nov 19, 2009 · Plato: Gorgias, Menexenus, Protagoras. Presented in the popular Cambridge Texts format are three early Platonic dialogues in a new English translation by Tom Griffith that combines elegance,...
- Malcolm Schofield
- Tom Griffith
- Cambridge University Press, 2009
Plato Menexenus - ctheory.sitehost.iu.edu
Havl´ıˇcek, A. and Karf´ık, F., eds. (2003) Plato’s Protagoras: proceedings of the third Symposium Platonicum Pragense , Prague. Essays in English and in German.
Overview. Summary. Dramatis personae. MENEXENUS With his cousin Ctesippus became a member of Socrates' intimate circle, to judge from their presence in the prison on the day the hemlock was administered ( Phaedo 59b).
The Protagoras and the Gorgias are not only the longest, but by general agreement the most important among Plato's ‘Socratic’ dialogues (the quixotic Menexenus – on which more later – is another matter). Both present Socrates in argument with leading members of the sophistic movement, questioning the claims to wisdom or expertise that ...
