TY - BOOK AU - Press,Gerald A. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Plato: a guide for the perplexed T2 - Guides for the perplexed AV - B395 .P74 2007eb U1 - 184 22 PY - 2007/// CY - London, New York PB - Continuum KW - Plato. KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index; Plato's life and works -- The contexts for interpreting Plato's Dialogues -- Sources of perplexity : change -- A brief history of platonism and Plato interpretation -- Dialogue form -- Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines -- Fables, myths, and stories -- Irony and other forms of humour -- Play and seriousness -- Paradox -- Plato's philosophy : permanence -- Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato's philosophy -- Persistent themes and Plato's vision -- The platonic path to wisdom -- Help in reading and understanding Plato's Dialogues and his philosophy -- How to read a platonic dialogue -- Summaries of the Dialogues; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10472151 ER -