Profound ignorance : Plato's Charmides, and the saving of wisdom / David Lawrence Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, David Lawrence, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Charmides.

Plato.

Ethics.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Temperance (Virtue).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham [Maryland] : Lexington Books, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No topic could be more relevant in these times than tyranny, "the greatest sickness of the soul." The Charmides of Plato gives us an opportunity to look deeply into the soul or cognitive structure of one of Athens's most notorious tyrants, Critias, the leader of the Thirty Tyrants; an opportunity is also provided during its discussion of the Delphic Oracle and by way of contrast to look deeply into its dialectical opposite, the soul and cognitive structure of the philosopher, Socrates.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Remembering the Tyrant in an Age of Totalitarianism: A General Introduction; Chapter 2: The City and Its Promise; Chapter 3: Doctor Socrates; Chapter 4: The Look Beneath, Part I: The Dilemma of Our Sociability; Chapter 5: The Look Beneath, Part II: The Elusiveness of Selfhood; Chapter 6: The Wisdom of Critias; Chapter 7: The Lesson of Ignorance, I; Chapter 8: The Lesson of Ignorance, II; Chapter 9: Horn or Ivory: Two Faces of Sophrosyne; Chapter 10: "A Sight Surely Worth Seeing"; Appendix: Synopsis of Profound Ignorance; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-0177-X