Reames, Robin
Seeming and Being in Plato's Rhetorical Theory
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226567013
- author:
- Reames, Robin
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 23.37 x 16 x 2.29 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Language Arts, Rhetoric
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Seeming and Being in Plato's Rhetorical Theory by Robin Reames offers a fresh perspective on Plato's understanding of language. According to Reames, Plato's theory of language is often misunderstood as representing the world, but this view has not always been widely accepted. Reames argues that an accurate interpretation of rhetorical theory in Plato's dialogues sheds light on how he developed the technical vocabulary needed to distinguish between true and false speech. This understanding can be gained by examining three key movements in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Plato scholarship. By exploring several of Plato's dialogues, including Gorgias, Phaedrus, Protagoras, Theaetetus, Cratylus, Republic, and Sophist, Reames demonstrates how the development of Plato's rhetorical theory has been both neglected and misunderstood.
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