Plato's Dream of Sophistry

Plato's Dream of Sophistry
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Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 1570032408
ISBN-13 : 9781570032400
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Download or read book Plato's Dream of Sophistry written by Richard Marback and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Plato's Dream of Sophistry, Richard Marback shows that Plato's vision was remarkably accurate. Against histories of rhetoric that described Plato's influence mainly in terms of his overarching dominance, Marback argues that Plato's lasting influence results not from the force of the dialogues themselves but from continued investments in arguing about the dialogues.


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