Plato's Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues by Catherine H. Zuckert

Plato's Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues



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Plato's Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues Catherine H. Zuckert
Language: English
Page: 888
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0226993353, 9780226993355
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Review

“Embracing the challenge of the Platonic corpus as a whole, Catherine Zuckert uncovers its overarching narrative: by tracing a path through the dialogues in a sequence of dramatic dating, while contrasting Socrates with Plato’s other philosophical spokesmen, Zuckert’s comprehensive and thought-provoking study brings to light the Platonic understanding of the problems bequeathed to Socrates by his predecessors, the development of his response and its limits, and finally the superiority of Socratic philosophy to its alternatives.”
 
(Ronna Burger, Tulane University )

“In Platonic studies there is little agreement on how the dialogues are to be read as a whole. Dislocating our sense of the chronology of the dialogues, Catherine Zuckert’s Plato’s Philosophers presents both a dramatic challenge to the reader of Plato’s dialogues as a whole and a clear and penetrating analysis of the dialogues and their interconnections.”—Diskin Clay, Duke University
(Diskin Clay, Duke University )

“Very few scholars have attempted to discuss all thirty-five dialogues, and no one before Catherine Zuckert had to my knowledge followed their dramatic order in doing so. This order informs her reading, but does not govern it; she considers each dialogue individually, allowing the thought of each character to stand out on its own.  Her approach unquestionably brings out features of the dialogues that would otherwise remain unnoticed. The exercise of trying to get a handle on Plato as a whole is one that anyone who is serious about understanding the dialogues should undertake, and Zuckert’s labors have made it easier for us to do so.”
(Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa )

2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title (Choice )

"Brimming with original insights, this massive book offers a comprehensive vision of the entire Platonic corpus. . . . Both analytic philosophers . . . and literary interpreters, who eschew argument in favor of artistic structure and presentation of character, will profit from engagement with this brilliant study. . . . This book will allow scholars of all persuasions to make discoveries at every turn as the author guides them through territory they thought they knew well."—Choice (Choice )

"No serious student of Plato could fail to benefit from [Zuckert''s] careful, intelligent, probing, and illuminating discussions. . . . An important, impressive, and, one hopes, lasting book."—Mark Blitz, Claremont Review (Mark Blitz Claremont Review )

About the Author

Catherine H. Zuckert is the Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Postmodern Platos and a coauthor of The Truth about Leo Strauss, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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