Play of Character in Plato's Dialogues

This book attempts to bridge the gulf that still exists between ''literary'' and ''philosophical'' interpreters of Plato by looking at his use of characterization. Characterization is intrinsic to dramatic form and a concern with human character in an ethical sense pervades the dialogues on the discursive level. Form and content are further reciprocally related through Plato''s discursive preoccup...