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The Doctrine of Due Measure in Plato's Statesman

dc.contributor.authorCochran, William
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Classicsen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Eli Diamonden_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Wayne J. Hankeyen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Michael Fournieren_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Eli Diamonden_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-06T13:58:49Z
dc.date.available2011-09-06T13:58:49Z
dc.date.defence2011-08-25
dc.date.issued2011-09-06
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the extent to which the doctrine of due measure can be rightfully called the skopos of Plato’s Statesman. In order to determine the doctrine’s explanatory power, the thesis adopts the Neoplatonic method of exegesis. It first examines the current state of Platonic scholarship in general and then of studies on the Statesman in particular, then provides both the philosophic and literary context of the dialogue in question. Next, it analyses the doctrine of due measure’s philosophic content, and then proceeds to examine its ability to illuminate the literary details of the text. In completing this exercise, this thesis hopes to demonstrate a method of interpreting a Platonic text, by which we can better understand how Plato wrote his dialogues, and how we can be better interpreters of his writing—both in its philosophical and literary aspects.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/14159
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAncient Philosophyen_US
dc.subjectPlatoen_US
dc.subjectMeasureen_US
dc.subjectMetaphysicsen_US
dc.subjectthe Statesmanen_US
dc.titleThe Doctrine of Due Measure in Plato's Statesmanen_US

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