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Re: [plato] Dialogues Query


Planeaux, Christopher S wrote: "Now, as to whether or not reading =
performing I leave as another discussion altogether (we do have,
nonetheless those two anecdotes of Platon reading the *Lysis* to
Sokrates, who retorted about all the lies Platon told . . ."

Oh, my! If this is even remotely possible, what light does it cast on
the claim of Eucleides at the beginning of Theaetetus to have read
his notes to Socrates?

If that is possible then The Theaetetus represents, if not the actual
dialog of Socrates with Theodoros, Theaetetus and the rest, at least
the dialog cooked up by Eucleides and Socrates.

Regards, Bob
Robert Eldon Taylor
philologos at mindspring dot com




Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:01 pm

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I know that some on this list have doubts about the early/middle/late ("developmental"/Vlastos) classification of Plato's dialogues (as I do), and have various...
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I tend to agree with 1-4, but there is stylometric evidence that is difficult to gainsay. The most persuasive for me is the avoidance of terminal hiatus. This...
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Stylometric evidence is not at all difficult to gainsay, because it is based on a set of basic assumptions concerning how to read Plato (or about how Plato is...
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Jun 23, 2009
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... But what if the dialogues were presented as oral documents, to be read aloud at dramatic festivals (argued persuasively by Ryle in "Plato's Progress") as...
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... documents, ... Ryle in "Plato's ... among the ... for ... aural ... I don't know Ryle's reasoning. -- Perhaps you could elaborate a bit on it. I wouldn't...
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Hello Christopher, Thank you. -- So there was a "publication" outside the Academy, and Plato's dialogues were even sold. Good. How shall we deal with "lies,"...
George Gregory
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Planeaux, Christopher S wrote: "Now, as to whether or not reading = performing I leave as another discussion altogether (we do have, nonetheless those two...
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