{"product_id":"dialectic-in-action-michael-c-stokes-9780954384593","title":"Dialectic in Action: An Examination of Plato's Crito","description":"Plato's \u003ci\u003eCrito\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael C. Stokes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0954384598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780954384593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Classical Press of Wales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Michael C. Stokes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072890204415,"sku":"9780954384593","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de25a058-d68c-4aec-a945-50c6e60c5082.jpg?v=1685444542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dialectic-in-action-michael-c-stokes-9780954384593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}