{"product_id":"platos-dialectic-at-play-argument-structure-and-myth-in-the-symposium-paperback","title":"Plato's Dialectic at Play: Argument, Structure, and Myth in the Symposium - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Corrigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElena Glazov-Corrigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Plato's most accessible dialogues, an engrossing historical document as well as an entertaining literary masterpiece. By uncovering the structural design of the dialogue, \u003ci\u003ePlato's Dialectic at Play \u003c\/i\u003eaims at revealing a Plato for whom the dialogical form was not merely ornamentation or philosophical methodology but the essence of philosophical exploration. His dialectic is not only argument; it is also play. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCareful analysis of each layer of the text leads cumulatively to a picture of the dialogue's underlying structure, related to both argument and myth, and shows that a dynamic link exists between Diotima's higher mysteries and the organization of the dialogue as a whole. On this basis the authors argue that the \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e, with its positive theory of art contained in the ascent to the Beautiful, may be viewed as a companion piece to the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, with its negative critique of the role of art in the context of the Good. Following Nietzsche's suggestion and applying criteria developed by Mikhail Bakhtin, they further argue for seeing the \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e as the first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with a comprehensive reevaluation of the significance of the \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e and its place in Plato's thought generally, touching on major issues in Platonic scholarship: the nature of art, the body-soul connection, the problem of identity, the relationship between \u003ci\u003emythos\u003c\/i\u003e and logos, Platonic love, and the question of authorial writing and the vanishing signature of the absent Plato himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Corrigan is Professor in the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElena Glazov-Corrigan is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Emory University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.28 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454362370226,"sku":"9780271029139","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/daf1de233309ad70da8a410d64079902.webp?v=1778849178","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/platos-dialectic-at-play-argument-structure-and-myth-in-the-symposium-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}