Rediscovering the Alcibiades Major

It is a well-known fact that Kant used the lament of the Trojan queen, Hecuba, from Ovid's Metamorphoses to describe the fate of metaphysics. But these words could equally be used to describe the peculiar fate of the Alcibiades Major. There was a time when this small dialogue was held in high r...

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Main Author: Samuel Oliveira (auth)
Other Authors: Mário Jorge de Carvalho (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Coimbra University Press 2020
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