Recovering Plato in (and against) the Continental Tradition

In the introduction to his latest book, Drew Hyland makes a decisive advance in overturning what has been a sad irony in studies of Platonic philosophy over the past century, namely, that the dialogues, which unfold within and through the production of rich and suggestive images, are customarily rea...

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Published in:Research in phenomenology 2006, Vol.36 (1), p.342-349
Main Author: Drake, Ryan
Format: Article
Language:English
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Philosophy
Plato
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Summary:In the introduction to his latest book, Drew Hyland makes a decisive advance in overturning what has been a sad irony in studies of Platonic philosophy over the past century, namely, that the dialogues, which unfold within and through the production of rich and suggestive images, are customarily read with a striking lack of imagination. Questioning Platonism closes with a chapter devoted to Gadamer, whose studies of the dialogues mark an exception to the interpretive maladies thus far considered in the other thinkers and, hence, function as models for the careful and attentive reading that Hyland challenges us to pursue.
ISSN:0085-5553
1569-1640
0085-5553
DOI:10.1163/156916406779165872