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Genres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of Philosophy
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ISBN: 052148264X
Author: Nightingale, Andrea Wilson
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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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Genres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of Philosophy