Dialectic in Action: An Examination of Plato's Crito (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780954384593)

Plato's Crito examines a single moral decision, whether Socrates ought to escape from his death-cell. Stokes' book discusses Socrates' arguments against Crito's offer of escape. It construes Socrates' questions as genuine questions, which clarify and undermine Crito's positions. Stokes's approach avoids the 'documentary fallacy'; it shows how Plato catered for both the novice and the experienced reader of his published works. This book offers a fresh account of Socrates' whole strategy. It demonstrates both the shakiness of Socrates' persuasion of the un-philosophical Crito to engage in dialectic, and the coherence of his substantive confutation. Plato's reasoning emerges from Stokes' study with more credit than many have given it.

Author: Michael C. Stokes
ISBN-10: 0954384598
ISBN-13: 9780954384593
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2005
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d