The Clitophon, a dialogue generally ascribed to Plato, is significant for focusing on Socrates' role as an exhorter of other people to engage in philosophy. It was almost certainly intended to bear closely on Plato's Republic and is a fascinating specimen of the philosophical protreptic, an important genre very fashionable at the time. This 1999 volume is a critical edition of this dialogue, in which Professor Slings provides a text based on an examination of all relevant manuscripts and accompanies it with a translation.
His extensive introduction studies philosophical exhortation in the classical era, and tries to account for Plato's dialogues in general as a special type of exhortation. The Clitophon is seen as a defence of the Platonic dialogue. The commentary elucidates the Greek and discusses many passages where the meaning is not entirely clear.
| ISBN: | 9780521031066 |
| Publication date: | 2nd November 2006 |
| Author: | Plato |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 380 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
| Genres: |
Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy |
The Clitophon, a dialogue generally ascribed to Plato, is significant for focusing on Socrates' role as an exhorter of other people to engage in philosophy. It was almost certainly intended to bear closely on Plato's Republic and is a fascinating specimen of the philosophical protreptic, an important genre very fashionable at the time.
Plato: Clitophon features in the following genres: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
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Plato: Clitophon was written by Plato and published by Cambridge University Press
Plato: Clitophon has 380 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series