Philosophical Transformation in Plato’s Dialogues and Beyond
by
Joseph Cimakasky
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
There are thirty-six appearances of the Greek word exaíphnes in Plato’s dialogues. Usually translated as “all of a sudden” or “suddenly,” exaíphnes emerges in several significant passages. For example, exaíphnes appears three times in the “allegory of the cave” from Republic vii and...