Description
A one-volume guide to the most important of Plato's Socratic dialogues that encourages students to engage with the contemporary relevance of Socrates' questions.
About the Author
Christopher Warne teaches in the Department of Philosophy, Hills Road College, Cambridge, UK.
Reviews
Christopher Warne does two things especially well in this new book. First, he skillfully combines two approaches to Plato that commonly clash. Following Debra Nails, we can call these the literary-contextualist and the analytic-developmentalist styles. Second, Arguing with Socrates forces readers to think for themselves. Warne generally proceeds dialectically: he looks at arguments from many sides, but he rarely argues for his own conclusions. For both reasons this book should prove very useful to its target audience, namely early-level undergraduates ... [A] stimulating introduction to the philosophical methods of Socrates and to nine important Socratic dialogues. It best suits introductory-level readers, and I recommend it very strongly. -- Peter Aronoff, Trinity School * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
The clarity of presentation [of this work] is pleasing, and the analyses ... sound. * The Heythrop Journal *
Book Information
ISBN 9781441195449
Author Christopher Warne
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USA
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Weight(grams) 315g