A K Cotton

Platonic Dialogue and the Education of the Reader

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Produktbeschreibung

Cotton examines Plato's ideas about education and learning, with a particular focus on the experiences a learner must go through in approaching philosophical understanding.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780199684052
• ISBN-10: 0199684057
• Artikelnr.: 39374661

Autorenporträt

Anne K. Cotton teaches Classics at Magdalen College School in Oxford, where she is also Head of Upper School.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Part I
1: Reading Plato's Dialogues
2: Readers and Interlocutors
3: Developing the Virtues of Dialectic: A Model for Reading
Part II
4: Characterization: A Route into Interpretation?
5: Argumentation: A Descent into Didactic Dialectic?
6: Structure and Unity: Challenging the Reader
7: Plot and Action: Process vs. Resolution
8: Reading, Learning, and Acting: Becoming Active Receivers
Bibliography
Index