TY - BOOK AU - Zuckert,Catherine H. TI - Plato's philosophers : the coherence of the dialogues: the coherence of the dialogues SN - 9780226993355 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - B395 .Z77 2009 U1 - 184 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chicago PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Plato. N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [863]-879) and index; Introduction: Platonic dramatology -- The political and philosophical problems. Using pre-Socratic philosophy to support political reform: the Athenian stranger ; Plato's Parmenides: Parmenides' critique of Socrates and Plato's critique of Parmenides ; Becoming Socrates ; Socrates interrogates his contemporaries about the noble and good -- Paradigms of philosophy. Socrates' positive teaching ; Timaeus-Critias: completing or challenging Socratic political philosophy? ; Socratic practice -- The trial and death of Socrates. The limits of human intelligence ; The Eleatic challenge ; The trial and death of Socrates -- Conclusion: Why Plato made Socrates his hero ER -