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Index
Cover
Dedication
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Perplexity, doubt and the quest for wisdom and happiness
Part I: Background
Chapter 1: Plato’s life and works
Chapter 2: The contexts for interpreting Plato’s dialogues
Part II: Sources of perplexity: Change
Chapter 3: A brief history of Platonism and Plato interpretation
Chapter 4: Dialogue form
Chapter 5: Arguments and ideas, vision and doctrines
Chapter 6: Fables, myths and stories
Chapter 7: Irony and other forms of humour
Chapter 8: Play and seriousness
Chapter 9: Paradox
Part III: Plato’s philosophy: Permanence
Chapter 10: Platonic anonymity and the nature of Plato’s philosophy
Chapter 11: Persistent themes and Plato’s vision
Chapter 12: The Platonic path to wisdom
Part IV: Help in reading and understanding Plato’s dialogues and philosophy
Chapter 13: How to read a Platonic dialogue
Chapter 14: Summaries of the dialogues
Glossary of Greek terms
Bibliography
Index
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