In this Book
- Plato's PARMENIDES: The Conversion of the Soul
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Miller's study demonstrates the value of integrating hermeneutic reading and conceptual analysis. His interpretation works out in detail the purpose and argument of the Parmenides as a whole and provides a new point of departure for discussion of its place in the Platonic corpus.
Originally published in 1986.
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Table of Contents
- Analytical Table of Contents
- pp. ix-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-2
- Part 1. Preparing to Rethink the Theory of Forms
- I. The Dramatic Context
- pp. 15-36
- II. Parmenides' Challengeto Socrates
- pp. 37-68
- Part 2. "A Host of Very Remote Arguments"
- III. Parmenides' Help
- pp. 71-79
- Epilogue: Connections and Possibilities
- pp. 168-184
- Works Cited
- pp. 283-290
- General Index
- pp. 291-295
- Index of Passages Cited
- pp. 296-300