Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry
A Companion to Plato’s Laches
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Beschreibung
This book offers the first systematic reading of Plato’s Laches in English after three decades of scholarly silence. It rekindles interest in this much-neglected dialogue by providing a fresh discussion of the major issues that arise from the text. Among these issues, pride of place is taken by the virtue of courage, for the definition of which Socrates is depicted as engaging in some long-winded dialectical exchange with his interlocutors. Yet, although there is no room for doubt that the Laches is Plato’s most explicit treatment of courage, this dialogue ends in perplexity and is thus traditionally thought of as an unsuccessful attempt to define what courage is. The present study challenges this suggestion.
This book proposes a new paradigm for the interpretation of Plato’s Laches. In fact, it constitutes the first systematic attempt to study the dialogue in light of the idea that its composition could well have formed part of Plato’s overall planto establish a well-defined and rigorous justification of the life of philosophical inquiryThe book will be of key interest to classicists, philosophers, and intellectual historians, but will also appeal to students or anyone interested in ancient Greek philosophy.
First English book to deal systematically with Plato’s Laches after three decades Proposes the idea that Plato’s Laches is intended to establish the significance of the life of philosophical inquiry Clarifies the place occupied by the Laches in Plato’s early dialogues Only book on the Laches combining philological and philosophical strands in order to lay out the structure of arguments in a clear but less technical way
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Konstantinos Stefou
Themen in »Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry«
Plato’s Laches Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry Nicias’ and Laches’ speeches on ‘fighting in armor’ Defects of Homeric education Homeric moral lessons Plato on Good and evil Philosophical discussion on human life Nicias’ definition of andreia Laches’ definition of andreia Nicias and Laches Notions of self and being Justification of Philosophical Inquiry Plato on the Virtue of Courage Plato's treatment of Courage