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Philosophy in Plato's Menexenus
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In this work, Nickolas Pappas offers a detailed philosophical reading of Plato's Menexenus, exploring its rhetorical form and the philosophical issues embedded in the speech.
He investigates how the dialogue engages questions of civic identity, memory, and the relation between rhetoric and philosophy.
Pappas situates the Menexenus within Plato's broader corpus and ancient Athenian cultural practices.
The book highlights subtleties in Plato's use of satire, irony, and pedagogical aims within the dialogue.
It contributes to scholarship by clarifying interpretive puzzles and arguing for the dialogue's significance to Plato's philosophical project.
He investigates how the dialogue engages questions of civic identity, memory, and the relation between rhetoric and philosophy.
Pappas situates the Menexenus within Plato's broader corpus and ancient Athenian cultural practices.
The book highlights subtleties in Plato's use of satire, irony, and pedagogical aims within the dialogue.
It contributes to scholarship by clarifying interpretive puzzles and arguing for the dialogue's significance to Plato's philosophical project.
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#40 - Art, Psychology and the Ancient World with Dr. Nickolas Pappas
