Plato's Parmenides The Conversion of the Soul

Name: Plato's Parmenides The Conversion of the Soul
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ISBN: 9780271028675

ISBN-10: 027102867X

ISBN-13: 9780271028675

Edition: 1991

Authors: Mitchell H. Miller Jr.

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The Parmenides is arguably the pivotal text for understanding the Platonic corpus as a whole. Miller offers a new reading that takes as its key the closely constructed dramatic context and mimetic irony of the dialogue."Miller's work is a splendid achievement-- original, thorough, clear, deep and exciting. He blends literary sensitivity with analytical precision in a way that helps with just about everything in one of Plato's most obscure and difficult dialogues." ---Edward N. Lee, University of California, San Diego"Miller has much going for him. He has a deep understanding of Greek.... He is careful in following the arguments, and fresh and original in treating them.... We cannot do…

Book details

Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Mitchell H. Miller, Jr. is Professor of Philosophy at Vassar College and author of The Philosopher in Plato's "Statesman" (1980).