The Second Alcibiades : a Platonist dialogue on prayer and on ignorance / Harold Tarrant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarrant, Harold, Author.

Series:

Platonica minora, dubia et spuria

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcibiades 2.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Philosophy and religion.

Prayer.

Self-knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

xv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Las Vegas : Parmenides Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

"This work provides a challenging new interpretation of the Second Alcibiades from the Platonic corpus, seeing it not only as a work of philosophic ethics, but also as one steeped in ancient literature, particularly Euripidean tragedy. The dialogue's philosophy is underpinned by an epistemology paying special attention to one's personal viewpoint, as its language shows. Dramatically, it presents a Socrates who falls into a similar trap from the one he steers Alcibiades away from, facing the dangers of a tragic character thanks to their mutual attraction. Understood in this way the dialogue, here re-translated to bring out such features, is revealed as the work of an author with linguistic and literary gifts who is deeply conscious of the human condition. While reminiscent of the Academic Skeptic picture of Plato, it is the work of somebody still moving cautiously in that direction"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tarrant, Harold. Second Alcibiades.

ISBN:

9781733535786

1733535780

OCLC:

1347049484

Publisher Number:

99995166182