Gregory Vlastos

Socrates

Ironist Moral Philos

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This long-awaited study of the most enigmatic figure of Greek philosophy reclaims Socrates' originality. Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780521314503
• ISBN-10: 052131450X
• Artikelnr.: 29337341

Inhaltsangabe

List of additional notes
Introduction
1. Socratic irony
2. Socrates contra Socrates in Plato
3. The evidence of Aristotle and Xenophon
4. Elenchus and mathematics
5. Does Socrates cheat?
6. Socratic piety
7. Socrates' rejection of retaliation
8. Happiness and virtue in Socrates' moral theory
Epilogue: Felix Socrates
Additional notes
Bibliography
Index of passages cited
Index of names in Plato and Xenophon
Index of modern scholars
Index of Greek words.