Socrates dissatisfied : an analysis of Plato's Crito / Roslyn Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Roslyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obedience.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Plato. Crito.

Plato.

Socrates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, the author contends that contrary to prevailing notions, Plato's 'Crito' does not show an allegiance between Socrates & the state that condemned him. Weiss brings to light numerous indications that Socrates & the Laws are not partners.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""1 Introduction: A Dissatisfied Socrates""; ""2 Remaining at the Station""; ""Justice and Philosophy""; ""Authority and Law""; ""Gods and ""The God""""; ""Athens""; ""Proper Conduct in Court""; ""The Penalties""; ""Hades""; ""3 Running the Risk for Friendship""; ""Crito as Socrates' Friend""; ""The Unphilosophical Crito""; ""Crito's Conception of the Just, the Brave, and the Shameful""; ""Crito's Questionable Morality""; ""Crito's Manner of Addressing Socrates""; ""4 The Philosophical Argument against Escape""; ""Socrates' Procedure for Solving Moral Questions""

""Socrates' Moral Principles""""Socrates' Argument against Escape""; ""Socrates as Crito's Friend""; ""5 ""Especially an Orator""""; ""Protecting Crito""; ""The Laws as Rhetoricians""; ""The Citizen's Agreement""; ""6 ""Whatever We Bid""""; ""The City as Parent and Master""; ""The Argument from Agreement""; ""Escape Will Benefit No One""; ""7 The Corybantic Cure""; ""The Corybantic Metaphor""; ""Why Crito Would ""Speak in Vain""""; ""The Way the God Is Leading""; ""8 A Fool Satisfied""; ""Engaging Crito""; ""Benefiting Crito""; ""Protecting the Reader""; ""9 Restoring the Radical Socrates""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-174) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-55996-9

9786610559961

0-19-802765-6

0-585-22352-1

OCLC:

922952522