Essence of Socrates (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Lewis, Hunter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Socrates is important to us for many reasons. First, he recognized the value of logic and showed us how to use it to discover truth. Second, he led an exemplary and courageous life which cannot fail to inspire anyone who reads about it.

His calm and eloquent defense of himself during the final trial for heresy, which ended in his condemnation and execution, are among the most famous passages in world literature. No one, apart from the great religious teachers, has had a more profound impact on human thought.

Socrates himself wrote nothing. Fortunately his pupils Plato and Xenophon recorded his sayings for posterity. Indeed the connection between Socrates and Plato is so close that this little book could alternatively been titled The Essence of Plato. The latter's philosophical treatises did not survive, so that all that remains to us is the Dialogues which mostly recount the life of Socrates.

Axios Press's Essence of . . . series takes the greatest works ever written in the field of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. We select the best passages-the ones that are immediately relevant to us today, full of timeless wisdom and advice about the world and how best to live our lives-and leave behind the more obscure or less important bits. Our selections are not isolated: they flow together to create a seamless work that will capture your interest and attention from page one. And we provide useful notes and a solid introduction to the work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hunter Lewis Foundation
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781604191110
• Artikelnr.: 49565798

Autorenporträt

Edited by Hunter Lewis

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Socratic Method
2. The Search for Truth
3. The Good
4. The Importance of Modesty
5. Do Not Be Judgmental
6. The Rule of Reason
7. Avoid Sophistry
8. The Value of Observation (When Combined with Logic)
9. Rein in the Emotions
10. The Pursuit of Wisdom
11. Ultimate Reality
12. An Inner Voice
13. God (the Gods)
14. The Soul
15. Pleasure
16. Temperance
17. Right Conduct
18. Obedience to the Law
19. Honoring Parents
20. Marriage and Family
21. Rights of Women
22. Friendship
23. Training
24. Care of the Body
25. Death
Bibliography
Index