How Plato Writes

Prof. Dr. Maurizio Migliori

doi:10.5771/9783985721467

Summary

The difficulties in interpreting Plato depend on a misunderstanding of his writing technique. To overcome them, this study focuses on his technique, based on a laborious game, by which he prompts the reader to take action in response to his provocations and to his use of Socratic maieutics: it produces the sequence of dialogues as a great protreptic. Understanding his use of this technique allows us to grasp his uni-multiple vision of reality. Maurizio Migliori, former professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Macerata (Italy) and member of the International Plato Society, was a specialist on Plato to whom he dedicated numerous books and over 100 articles, in international journals and books.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-3-98572-145-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-98572-146-7
Publisher: Academia, Baden-Baden
Series: Lecturae Platonis
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 202
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
1. 1. 1. 1.1. A Recurring Temptation No access
    2. 1. The So-called Aporetic Dialogues No access
      2. The Euthyphro Game: An Early Example of the Omission Technique No access
      3. Referral Techniques and Other Difficulties No access
      4. The Double Oddity of Dialectical Dialogues No access
    3. 1. The Question of Aristotelian Testimony No access
2. 1. 1. The problems of a master No access
  2. 1. 2.1. The Love of “Beautiful” Speech, Written and Oral No access
    2. 1. The Form No access
      2. The Soul of the Interlocutor No access
    3. 1. Writing as an Image (εἴδωλον) No access
      2. The Dual Value of Writing No access
    4. 2.4. Further References to the Limits of Writing No access
  3. 1. 1. The Seventh Letter No access
      2. Important Games No access
      3. A Final Summary No access
      4. Conclusions No access
    2. 3.2. The Protreptic Function of the Game No access
  4. 1. 1. The Signs in the Text No access
      2. The Problem for the Present-day Reader No access
      3. The Risks in the Concept of Game No access
    2. 1. Fiction reveals the Author’s Intentions No access
      2. Irony No access
  5. 1. 5.1. A Clarification on the Term “Protreptic” No access
    2. 5.2. A Reflection on the Invention of Socratic Maieutics No access
    3. 5.3. An Example about Reasoning according to Paradigms No access
3. 1. 1. 1.1. The Hiatus No access
    2. 1.2. Continuity No access
    3. 1.3. The Unwritten Philosopher No access
  2. 1. 2.1. A Paradigmatic Example: The Structure of the Symposium No access
  3. 1. 3.1. Dialogue and Silent Reading No access
    2. 3.2. Meaningful Changes of the Interlocutor No access
    3. 3.3. Emphatizations No access
  4. 4. Games between Different Dialogues No access
  5. 1. 1. The Analysis of Concepts No access
      2. Mixture No access
      3. Who Mixes the Mixture No access
      4. The Function of the Game No access
    2. 5.2. The “Minor” Game No access
  6. 6. An Extreme Example: a Voluntary Mistake No access
  7. 1. 7.1. The Attitude of the Reader No access
    2. 7.2 The Magic of a Great Artist No access
4. 1. 1. 1. Objective Data No access
      2. Subjective Data No access
    2. 1.2 The First Dialogues as “Juvenile” No access
  2. 2. The Multiplicity of Approaches to a Unified-Multiple Reality No access
  3. 1. 3.1. A Matter Not Only of Terminology No access
    2. 3.2. Esotericism No access
    3. 3.3. The Dialogic Form No access
    4. 3.4. Dialogue and Refutation No access
    5. 1. The Early Dialogues No access
      2. The Problem of “Hypotheses” and the “Middle” Dialogues No access
Bibliography No access Pages 181 - 192
Ancient names No access Pages 193 - 194
Modern names No access Pages 195 - 196
Index locorum No access Pages 197 - 202