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..., Dialogue, and Dialec- tic—and each part consists of eight chapters of ten to fifteen pages. These chapters offer the beginner a well-chosen set of topics. The first part contains, for instance, chapters on dramatic settings, the "portrait frames" of dialogues, and Socrates as "hero" (hêrôs); the second...

...Douglas M. Jesseph Tom Stoneham, Berkeley's World: An Examination of the Three Dialogues. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. xviii, 300. Cornell University 2004 Berkeley, George. 1948- 1957 . The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne . 9 vols. Edited by. A. A. Luce...

...Jyl Gentzler CROSS-EXAMINING SOCRATES: A DEFENSE OF THE INTERLOCUTORS IN PLATO'S EARLY DIALOGUES. By John Beversluis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 416 Cornell University 2001 BOOK REVIEWS The Philosophical Review, Vol...

...Christine Thomas SOCRATIC WISDOM: THE MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE IN PLATO'S EARLY DIALOGUES. By Hugh H. Benson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. ix, 292. Cornell University 2001 BOOK REVIEWS than the lofty goals that he announces.1 But if we reject...

... of this journal, I will focus on it. The central concept in Walton s framework-his new dialectic-is that of a dialogue. A dialogue type is an abstract, idealized normative model of a goal- directed conversation between two (or more) agents. Although dialogues are normative models, they can be hooked...

... well with a growing scholarly consensus that one must interpret specific claims found in the dialogues in their broader dialectical context, and also that each dialogue should be interpreted as a whole, on its own terms, rather than (or at least before) using evidence from other dialogues to confirm...

.... 1951 . Plato‘s “Charmides.” Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . Tuozzo Thomas M. 2011 . Plato’s “Charmides”: Positive Elenchus in a “Socratic” Dialogue . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . A final thought. I still find “temperance” an unfortunate translation...

... references never contribute anything to the interpretation of the dialogue making the backward reference. It is hard to see a good reason for accepting (1). And if, like Clay, we have a broad conception of the interpretation of a dialogue that includes its literary features as well as a logical...

... dialogue.2 Deeply def- 484 SELFLESSNESS AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELF erential characters lack a disposition to hold themselves answerable to external, critical perspectives such as our own. The disposition to answer for oneself, or to be “self-representing...

... Socratic dialogues, ethics does not have to depend on substantive metaphysical theses. By bringing together passages throughout the entire Platonic corpus and drawing insights from his previous works, he contends that for Plato, ethics necessarily rests on a set of metaphysical principles, among which...

... to convey in a brief review, but his remarks on a simple, summary argument, briefly examined in chapter 5 (128–30), will give a rough indication of his method. At the end of the Third Dialogue, Philonous describes himself as putting together a truth already “shared,” in two separate parts, by ordinary...

... of it are vulnerable and which can be defended, which parts allow for further consideration, and why. It follows that Plato's use of the dialogue form is highly significant: his works are not mere repositories of argument or archives of obscurely expressed doctrine. Instead, Plato takes reflection on arguments...

... possess both skills of expressing herself, so she can contribute to the dialogue, and the interpretative skills required for understanding those who may reply to her. These skills are enmeshed with each other, insofar as a proper appreciation of the significance of what one is saying presupposes...

... that an other-regarding social or interpersonal virtue is profitable for the agent” (184). So Socrates must “obfuscate” and “for Glaucon's sake” (185). If one wonders why Plato would write a dialogue in which the interlocutors he chooses for Socrates allow only for an account and defense of justice...

... that dialogue a focus on ethical and political theory. It also, however, operates on the assumption that the Laws is intercon- nected, more or less systematically, with other later dialogues. The Republic con- tains its own metaphysical, epistemological, and psychological theories, which provide support...

... emphasizes the significance of “staging the action at the home of the metic Cephalus,” who was dedicated to money making and proved unfit for the pursuit for knowledge (213–15). This is mis- taken. The dialogue takes place at the home of Cephalus’s son, Polemarchus (Rep. 1.328b). As Debra Nails reports...

... discussion 123 BOOK REKEWS brings outjust how many strands there are in the idea, how much it seems to change from one dialogue to another, and how little help Plato gives us in sorting it all out. Annas also argues that homoi6sis the6...

... Recast—His Later Ethics and Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 643. Plato’s Utopia Recast is an exceptionally rich and ambitious book. Its central text is the Laws, and it inherits from that dialogue a focus on ethical and political theory. It also, however, operates...

..., the book is a close and careful commentary on the sections of the Philosophy of Right leading immedi- ately to and from Hegel’s explication of action, that is, sections 105–25. The book is unique in attempting to generate a genuine dialogue between Hegel’s concept of action and contemporary analytic...

... and careful commentary on the sections of the Philosophy of Right leading immedi- ately to and from Hegel’s explication of action, that is, sections 105–25. The book is unique in attempting to generate a genuine dialogue between Hegel’s concept of action and contemporary analytic philosophy of action...