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Sophist. Title: Sophist. Language: English. Number of Pages: 234. Weight: 0.52 lbs. Publication Date: 2013-12-13. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Sophist ISBN13: 9781494473907 ISBN10: 1494473909 Author: Plato (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - The Dramatic Power Of The Dialogues Of Plato Appears To Diminish As The Metaphysical Interest Of Them Increases (Compare Introd To The Philebus) There Are No Descriptions Of Time, Place Or Persons, In The Sophist And Statesman, But We Are Plunged At Once Into Philosophical Discussions; The Poetical Charm Has Disappeared, And Those Who Have No Taste For Abstruse Metaphysics Will Greatly Prefer The Earlier Dialogues To The Later Ones Plato Is Conscious Of The Change, And In The Statesman Expressly Accuses Himself Of A Tediousness In The Two Dialogues, Which He Ascribes To His Desire Of Developing The Dialectical Method On The Other Hand, The Kindred Spirit Of Hegel Seemed To Find In The Sophist The Crown And Summit Of The Platonic Philosophy-Here Is The Place At Which Plato Most Nearly Approaches To The Hegelian Identity Of Being And Not-Being Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2013-12-13 Weight: 0.52 lbs Dimensions: 0.49'' H x 7.99'' L x 5'' W Number of Pages: 234 Language: English