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Paradigm, Logos, and Myth in Plato's Sophist and Statesman

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In a sustained study of the Sophist and Statesman, this book explores the use of paradigm, logos, and myth. Plato introduces in these dialogues the term "paradigm" to signify an image or model that can be used to yield insight into higher, ethical realities that are themselves beyond direct visual portrayal. He employs the term to signify an inductive example that can be defined. Finally, Plato shows how to rework existing narrative and myth to an ethically appropriate end. Since this exercise in the Statesman is described as training in dialectic, in Paradigm, Logos, and Myth in Plato's Sophist and Statesman Conor Barry demonstrates how these later works expand the compass of dialectic beyond narrow conceptions that restrict the scope of dialectic to the use of logical techniques. Rather, dialectic is the practice of dialogue as portrayed in the Platonic dialogues, which can involve appeal to analogies and figurative expressions in the search for an understanding of the ethical good. Plato's dialogues, as works of literary art, aim to lead people to seek such understanding. Nevertheless, insofar as the dialogues are themselves artistic productions, they must also be objects of critical scrutiny and questioning.
Conor Barry is assistant professor of political science at St. Thomas University
Introduction Chapter 1: Mimesis in Plato Chapter 2: Paradigm as Model which Brings True Judgment about the Invisible, Ethical Order of the Soul Chapter 3: Collection and Division and Induction and Deduction in Platonic Dialogues Chapter 4: Dialectic and Rhetorical Composition Chapter 5: Platonic Myth Chapter 6: Socrates as Paradigm-The Statesman, the Apology and the Theban Plays Conclusion
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