Platonic Investigations (studies In Philosophy And The History Of Philosophy)

Plato's Metaphilosophy / Charles Griswold -- Plato And The Story / Gerard Watson -- Body Of The Speech : A New Hypothesis On The Compositional Structure Of Timaeus' Monologue / Remi Brague -- Platonism And Socratic Iignorance / Leonardo Taran -- Self-knowledge In Early Plato / Julia Annas -- Rational Prudence In Plato's Gorgias / Nicholas P. White -- Platonic Provocations : Reflections On The Soul And The Good In The Republic / Mitchell Miller -- Plato's Unnatural Teleology / James Lennox -- Primacy Of Oyeia : Aristotle's Debt To Plato / Daniel Devereux -- Plotinus On How Soul Acts, On Body / Dominic O'meara. Edited By Dominic J. O'meara. Consists For The Most Part Of Papers Delivered At The Catholic University Of America In The Fall Of 1983 As Part Of The Matchette Lectures On 'plato And His Legacy'--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This collection of papers is devoted to the significance of particular formal and literary aspects of the Platonic dialogues.