{"product_id":"being-and-logos-reading-the-platonic-dialogues-paperback-softback-9780253044327","title":"Being and Logos; Reading the Platonic Dialogues (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253044327","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeing and Logos\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReading the Platonic Dialogues\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Sallis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253044327\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 September 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e564 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 3.8 cm, 0.862 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Being and Logos\" is . . . a philosophical adventure of rare inspiration. . . . Its power to illuminate the text . . . , its ecumenicity of inspiration, its methodological rigor, its originality, and its philosophical profundity—all together make it one of the few philosophical interpretations that the philosopher will want to re-read along with the dialogues themselves. A superadded gift is the author's prose, which is a model of lucidity and grace.\" \u003cbr\u003e —International Philosophical Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e \"Being and Logos is highly recommended for those who wish to learn how a thoughtful scholar approaches Platonic dialogues as well as for those who wish to consider a serious discussion of some basic themes in the dialogues.\" \u003cbr\u003e —The Academic Reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. On Reading Plato\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. The Questions: Philosophy, Logos, Being\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. The Way of Platonic Dialogue: Preliminary Reflections\u003cbr\u003e Part One. Socratic Logos\u003cbr\u003e Chapter I. Provocations of Socratic Logos: Apology of Socrates\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. The Prologue to the Apology (17 a - 19 a)\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. The Way of Socrates\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Service to Apollo (10 d - 24 b)\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. Socrates and the City (24 b - 42 a)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter II. Ignorance and Recollection: Meno\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Meno (70 a - 79 e)\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Meno and Socrates (79 e - 86 d)\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Meno and Anytus (86 d - 96 d)\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. Meno, Socrates, Anytus (96 d - 100 c)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter III. Beyond the City: Phaedrus \u003cbr\u003e Section 1. The Setting (227 a - 230 e)\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. The Three Speeches (230 e -2 57 b)\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. The Perfection of Speech (257 b - 279 c)\u003cbr\u003e Postscript to Part One. The Way of Platonic Dialogue: Further Reflections\u003cbr\u003e Part Two. Being and Logos\u003cbr\u003e Chapter IV. Logos and Its Parts: Cratylus\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. The Problem of Names (383 a - 384 c)\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. The Art of Naming (384 c - 390 e)\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Human Names and Divine Names (390 e- 397 a)\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. The Etymological Comedy (397 a - 421 c)\u003cbr\u003e Section 5. Imitation (421 c - 427 e)\u003cbr\u003e Section 6. Cratylus (427 e - 437 d)\u003cbr\u003e Section 7. Names and Things (437 d - 440 e)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter V. The Upward Way: Republic\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Down to Piraeus (Book I)\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. The City and the Soul (Book II - Book V, 473 c)\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. The Philosopher (473 c- 507 b)\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. The Good (507 b - 509 c)\u003cbr\u003e Section 5. The Divided Line (509 d - 511 e, 521 c - 535 a)\u003cbr\u003e Section 6. The Cave (514 a - 521 b)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter VI. The Way of Logos: Sophist\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. In Search of the Sophist (216 a - 232 a)\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. The Problem of Being and Non-Being (232 a - 251 a)\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Being and Non-Being (251 a - 259 d)\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. The Community of Being and Logos (259 d - 268 d)\u003cbr\u003e Postscript. The Way of Platonic Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e Indexes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681253126424,"sku":"9780253044327","price":28.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/being-and-logos-reading-the-platonic-dialogues-paperback-softback-9780253044327","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}