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Genres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of Philosophy Nightingale, Andrea Wilson (Stanford University, California)
Genres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of Philosophy
Nightingale, Andrea Wilson (Stanford University, California)
This 1995 study investigates how Plato 'invented' the discipline of philosophy. In order to define and legitimise philosophy, Dr Nightingale maintains, Plato had to match it against genres of discourse that had authority and currency in democratic Athens.
240 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 14, 1995 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521482646 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 238 × 27 mm · 530 g |
| Language | English |