Socrates: A Very Short Introduction - Brossura

Taylor, Christopher

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ISBN 10: 0192854127 ISBN 13: 9780192854124

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2000

Riassunto

Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy. It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have bee unimaginably different. Yet Socrates wrote nothing himself, and our knowledge of him is derived primarily from the engaging and infuriating figure who appears in Plato's dialogues. In this book, Christopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and the Platonic character, and examines the enduring image of Socrates as the ideal exemplar of the philosophic life - a thinker whose moral and intellectual integrity permeated every detail of his life, even in the face of betrayal and execution by his fellow Athenians.

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Su questo libro

L'autore:

Christopher Taylor is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, where he is a Reader in Philosophy. His publications include Plato: Protagoras (Oxford, 1991), and (with J. C. B. Gosling) The Greeks on Pleasure (Oxford, 1982).

Contenuti:

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Life: Trial and Death; 3. Socratic Literature and the Socratic Problem: i. Authors other than Plato; ii. Plato; 4. Plato's Socrates: i. Socrates' disavowal of wisdom; ii. Definition; iii. Ethics; iv. Socrates and the Sophists; 5. Socrates and Later Philosophy: i. Ancient Philosophy; ii. Medieval and Modern Philosophy; 6. Conclusion; Endnotes; Further Reading; Index.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192854127
• ISBN 13: 9780192854124
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 144