Logos, Dualism, Dialogic

As has been previously discussed, Irony is a method employed by Plato to bridge the chasm between Thought and Language.  But his more prominent method to that end is Dialogic, or, as it is often rendered, Dialectic.  The method functions as a means to a non-verbal cognition of a Form via the negation of attempts to verbally formulate it.  Hence, Platonist Dialectic is not to be confused with Hegelian Dialectic, the aim of which is a more comprehensive formulation.  Now, Plato's use of Dialogic is likely inspired by Zeno, who uses it to promote the Parmenidean The One.  But, as has been previously discussed, that principle is a product of a Dualist modification of the Logos, i. e. a severing of the Principle of Sufficient Reason from what it grounds.  Furthermore, the Agnostic professions of the actual Socrates can easily be conceived as based on sincere adherence to the Principle of Sufficient Reason, rather than as instances of Irony.  Hence, more informative than the standard Socrates vs. Pre-Socratic division in the History of Philosophy, is that of Plato vs. Pre-Platonism.  For, as the maturation of Philosophical expression, Platonist Dialogic establishes a triumph of Dualism over the Logos that has prevailed in most Philosophy ever since.