Dialogue and Dialectic: Eight Hermeneutical Studies on Plato

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This book is a virtual case study in the application of hermeneutical principles to illuminate philosophical texts. The book contains translations of eight of Gadamers best known essays on Plato.These studies spanning a period of almost fifty years are important not only for what they have to say concerning Plato but also for what they reveal about the development and insightfulness of Gadamers hermeneutical theory of interpretation.He aims at dialogue with Plato and achieves it.Jeremiah P. Conway International Philosophical Quarterly A remarkable felicitous set of translations.Martin Warner Times Higher Education Supplement Gadamer is among the most eminent followers of Heidegger and rather more accessible that most. It is therefore a service to have these eight essays on Plato dating from 1934 to 1974 translated competently into English.Choice May be the best introduction to Gadamer yet published in this country.W.G. Regier Modern Language Notes