num_pages: 224
description: The Play of the Platonic Dialogues traces the prominent role of play, both as a general philosophical characteristic and as influencing the treatment of key issues. The nature of the forms, of the city, of virtue, of the soul and its immortality - these and others have been shaped by play. This book shows how Platonic playfulness is joined with the deepest seriousness throughout the dialogues.
language: English
title: The Play of the Platonic Dialogues
titlecomplete: The Play of the Platonic Dialogues (Literature and the Sciences of Man)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers