| Author |
Bensen Cain, Rebecca, 1952-
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| Series |
Continuum studies in ancient philosophy |
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Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
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| Subject |
Plato.
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Socrates.
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Questioning.
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| Description |
1 online resource (x, 135 pages). |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-132) and index. |
| Contents |
The Socratic Method of Dialectic -- The Protrptic Functon -- Ambiguity and Argumentation -- Ambiguity and Drama. |
| Summary |
Cain explains how Plato's Socrates uses fallacy, irony, ambiguity, and other rhetorical strategies to advance the Greek maxim to 'know thyself'; as a means of caring for the soul, thus offering a psychological model of dialectical arguments. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| ISBN |
9781441168795 (electronic bk.) |
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1441168796 (electronic bk.) |
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0826488919 |
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9780826488916 |
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9781472598066 (online) |
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1472598067 |
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9781441193834 (electronic book) |
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1441193839 |
| OCLC # |
741691198 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Bensen Cain, Rebecca, 1952- Socratic method. London ; New York : Continuum, 2007 0826488919 (DLC) 2007278363 (OCoLC)74524121 |
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