Die messung des Sonnendurchmessers im Astronomischen Papyrus von Oslo |
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Authors: | Ludwig Borchardt |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Media, Cognition and Communication , University of Copenhagen jenskl@hum.ku.dk |
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Abstract: | In this paper, I question a widespread reading of a passage in the last part of the Phaedrus dealing with the science of dialectic. According to this reading, the passage announces a new method peculiar to the later Plato aiming at defining natural kinds. I show that the Phaedrus itself does not support such a reading. As an alternative reading, I suggest that the science of dialectic, as discussed in the passage, must be seen as dealing primarily with philosophical rhetoric and knowledge of human souls. |
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