Author: GILEAD, AMIHUD
Title: The Platonic Odyssey a Philosophical Literary Inquiry Into the Phaedo
Description: Editions Rodopi, 1994. Softcover. ISBN: 9051837461. Light bump to base of spine. Light shelfwear to wraps. ; Value Inquiry Book Series, VIBS 17; 187 pages; This book is a detailed study of how Plato constructs his seminal philosophical dialogue, the Phaedo, as a unique tragedy, a poetic masterpiece whose structure is organic and symmetrical. Plato's mental Odyssey leads to the internal drama of the Phaedo plot. The analysis examines how Plato's literary art overcomes the philosophical problem of the separation of Ideas from sensible things. And it traces literary and philosophical offspring of the mental Odyssey, including Joyce and Proust.. Very Good+ .

Keywords: 9051837461 Phaedo Philosophers And Philosophy Plato & Platonic Dialogues Greek Literature


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