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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Main Author: Esposito, Mariangela (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.

Series: Brill's Plato Studies Series ; 13.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023.

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505 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Copyright page /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Dedication Page /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Abstract /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Acknowledgements /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Premises /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Introduction /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Chapter 1 The Critique of Writing in Plato's Works /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Chapter 2 The Critique of Orality in Plato's Works /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Chapter 3 The Ontology of the Image in Plato's Works /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Conclusion /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Afterword On the Contemporary Relatability of This Study /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Bibliography /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- General Index /  |r Mariangela Esposito -- Index Locorum /  |r Mariangela Esposito. 
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