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Plato's Use of Fallacy (RLE: Plato) A Study of the Euthydemus and some Other Dialogues

By Rosamond Sprague Copyright 1962
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There are many fallacious arguments in the dialogues of Plato. The author argues that Plato was fully conscious of the fallacious character of at least an important number of these arguments and that he sometimes made deliberate use of fallacy as an indirect means of setting forth certain of his fundamental philosophical views. Plato introduces them, the author maintains, for the purpose of... Read more

Introduction 1. The Euthydemus Introduction (271A-275D) Scene I (275D-278E) Scene II (278E-282D) Scene III (282D-288D) Scene IV (288D-293A) Scene V(293A-304C) Epilogue (304C-307C) 2. Theaetetus (163Aff.) 3. Cratylus (429Bff.) 4. The Hippias Minor. Conclusion. Appendix. Fr. Bichenski on Plato’s Logic. General Index. Index of Passages.

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Rosamond Sprague