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Genres in Dialogue

Genres in Dialogue

Hardcover

PhilosophyGeneral Reference

ISBN10: 052148264X
ISBN13: 9780521482646
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 14 1995
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.17
Language: English
In this very original study, the author investigates how Plato invented the discipline of philosophy. In order to define and legitimize philosophy, Dr. Nightingale maintains, Plato had to match it against genres of discourse that had authority and currency in democratic Athens. By incorporating traditional genres of poetry and rhetoric into his dialogues, Plato marks the boundaries of philosophy as a discursive and as a social practice.

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