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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) - Sehr guter Zustand, Schutzumschlag leicht berieben / Very good condition, dustjacket slightly rubbed - Vorwort / Preface: This book is intended as an introduction to the love of wisdom (i.e., to philosophy) as Plato conceived it. The book is not an introduction to the Platonic corpus as such, inasmuch as there are several commonly read dialogues to which it pays little notice (e.g., the Euthyphro, the Crito and the Gorgias). It is an introduction, rather, to the study of Plato�s writings as an exercise in the pursuit of wisdom. This is in keeping with the main contention of the book, namely that Plato�s written discourses were intended by their author to serve primarily as teaching instruments, modeled after the live conversations in which Plato himself participated with the historical Socrates, and that the right way to read the dialogues, accordingly, is not as repositories of philosophic doctrine, but rather as interactions with a master philosopher that are carefully shaped to guide the attentive reader in a personal pursuit of philosophic understanding. ISBN 9780268038083