Plato s Labyrinth av Aakash Singh (Indian Institute of Advanced Study Shimla) Rathore

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<P>This original and stimulating study of Plato''s Socratic dialogues rereads and reinterprets Plato''s writings in terms of their dialogical or dramatic form. Taking inspiration from the techniques of Umberto Eco, Jacques Derrida, and Leo Strauss, Aakash Singh Rathore presents the Socratic dialogues as labyrinthine texts replete with sophistries and lies that mask behind them important philosophical and political conspiracies. </P><I><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P>Plato''s Labyrinth</I> argues that these conspiracies and intrigues are of manifold kinds ¿ in some, Plato is masterminding the conspiracy; in others, Socrates, or the Sophists, are the victims of the conspiracies. With supplementary forays (''intermissions'') into the world of Xenophon and the Sophists, the complex and evolving series of overlapping arguments that the book lays out unfold within an edgy and dramatic narrative. </P><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P>Presenting innovative readings of major texts ¿ Plato''s <I>