The Realm of Mimesis in Plato : Orality, Writing, and the Ontology of the Image /
Plato's dialogues stand at a transition from orality to literacy. They are living contradictions-partly oral and partly literary. This relationship between orality and writing is one of the most vexed issues in the history of Platonic interpretation and has particular relevance for the progress...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2023.
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Brill's Plato Studies Series ;
13.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
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Call Number: B111
| Summary: | Plato's dialogues stand at a transition from orality to literacy. They are living contradictions-partly oral and partly literary. This relationship between orality and writing is one of the most vexed issues in the history of Platonic interpretation and has particular relevance for the progressive erosion of literacy in favour of digitalisation today. This book argues that the relationship between the oral and the written in Plato's dialogues is not a straightforward opposition, but is instead grounded in ontological analysis and exemplified by the ontology of the image, which appears throughout the Platonic canon. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004533110 9789004534544 |