Plato and His Predecessors: The Dramatisation of Reason (Revised)

Author/Contributor(s):	McCabe, Mary Margaret
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	03/08/2007
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Plato and his Predecessors considers how Plato represents his philosophical predecessors in a late quartet of dialogues: the Theaetetus, the Sophist, the Politicus and the Philebus. These predecessors appear in imaginary conversations; and they are refuted when they fail to defend their philosophical positions in debate. Professor McCabe argues that Plato's reflections on these conversations allow him to develop a new account of the principles of reason, and forge a fresh view of the best life--the life of the philosopher.