Buchstaben als paradeigma in Platons Spätdialogen - Dialektik und Modell im 'Theaitetos', 'Sophistes', 'Politikos' und 'Philebos'

In several late dialogues, Plato uses the paradeigma of the letters to illustrate the methods of dialectics. This study examines why letters in particular represent suitable models, and explores important themes of Plato’s late ontology and epistemology from this viewpoint. The author thereby reveals the nature of the paradeigma and its central role as a method.


Arnold Alois Oberhammer, Berlin, Germany.