Readings of Plato's Apology of Socrates

Defending the Philosophical Life
Herausgeber: Haraldsen, Vivil Valvik; Tvedt, Oda E. Wiese; Pettersson, Olof

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Contributors to this volume focus on the character of Socrates as the embodiment of philosophy, employing this as a starting point for exploring various themes in the Apology. These include the relation of philosophy to democracy, rhetoric, politics, or society in general, and the overarching question of what comprises the philosophic life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781498550017
• ISBN-10: 1498550010
• Artikelnr.: 58502189

Autorenporträt

Vivil Valvik Haraldsen is lecturer at the University of Bergen. Olof Pettersson is research fellow at Uppsala University. Oda E. W. Tvedt researches history of philosophy at Uppsala University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: A Shameless Socrates on Trial in Democratic Athens
Arlene Saxonhouse
Chapter 2: Philosophy, Democracy and Poverty: The Philosopher as Political
Agent in Plato' Apology
Oda Tvedt
Chapter 3: The Temporality of Philosophy in the Apology
Kristin Sampson
Chapter 4: Plato's Socrates in the Apology: Speaking in Two Voices
Knut Ågotnes
Chapter 5: Socrates' Daimonic Ethics: Myth and Heroism in Plato's Apology
Jacob Howland
Chapter 6: Plato's Apologies
Gro Rørstadbotten
Chapter 7: The Character of Socrates in Plato's Apology: An Aristotelian
Analysis
Hallvard Fossheim
Chapter 8: Socrates' Failure: Language and Lies in Plato's Apology
Olof Pettersson
Chapter 9: Self-Images of Socrates. Respect for Tradition and Critical
Examination in Plato's Apology
Elena Irrera
Chapter 10: Socrates' Mission
Paul Woodruff
Chapter 11: The Philosophical Force of Negativity: Elenchos and Socratic
Conversation in Plato's Apology
Vivil Valvik Haraldsen