The Bloomsbury companion to Socrates / edited by John Bussanich and Nicholas D. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bussanich, John.

Smith, Nicholas D., 1949-

Series:

Bloomsbury Companions

Bloomsbury companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers.

Socrates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Socrates, the largely enigmatic Greek thinker, is universally considered to have laid the foundations of western philosophy. His philosophy, available to us through the early dialogues of Plato and the writings of his contemporaries, has had a remarkably enduring influence on virtually every area of philosophical enterprise . This comprehensive and accessible guide to Socrates life and death, character and philosophical concerns, features thirteen specially commissioned sections, written by a team of leading experts in the field of ancient philosophy, covering every aspect of Socratic thought.

Contents:

Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1. THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCRATES; INTRODUCTION; QUOT HOMINES, TOT SENTENTIAE; MODERN SCHOLARSHIP; SOURCE CRITICISM; A NEW FOUNDATION; CONCLUSION; 2. SOCRATIC IRONY; PLAY IN PLATO'S DIALOGUES; VARIETIES OF PLATONIC AND SOCRATIC IRONY; SOCRATIC IRONY AND EIRŌNEIA; IRONY IN THE EUTHYPHRO; IRONY AND THE DISAVOWAL OF KNOWLEDGE; AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO IRONY?; CONCLUSION; 3. SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHIZING; INTRODUCTION; THE 'SOCRATIC ELENCHUS'; ORGANIZATION OF THE DISCUSSION

VLASTOS (1983A)KRAUT (1983); VLASTOS (1983b); BRICKHOUSE AND SMITH (1984a); POLANSKY (1985); BENSON (1987); BENSON (1990B); BRICKHOUSE AND SMITH (1991); BENSON (1995); ADAMS (1998); SCOTT (2002); TARRANT (2002); CARPENTER AND POLANSKY (2002); BENSON (2002); MCPHERRAN (2002B); BRICKHOUSE AND SMITH (2002B); WOLFSDORF (2003); FORSTER (2006); MCPHERRAN (2007); SANTANA (2007); SANTANA (2009); PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER STUDY; 4. SOCRATIC METAPHYSICS; INTRODUCTION; THE ANTI-METAPHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; THE METAPHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; CONCLUSION; 5. SOCRATIC IGNORANCE AND TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

INTRODUCTIONTWO QUESTIONS; SOCRATES' DISAVOWALS; SOCRATIC KNOWLEDGE; RESTATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM OF SOCRATIC IGNORANCE AND A SURVEY OF PROPOSED SOLUTIONS; 6. THE PRIORITY OF DEFINITION; INTRODUCTION; THE PRINCIPLE; SOCRATES' ENDORSEMENT OF (PD)?; CONCLUSION; 7. SOCRATIC EUDAIMONISM; WHAT IS EUDAIMONIA ?; WHAT IS EUDAIMONISM?; WHAT IS SOCRATIC EUDAIMONISM?; SOME INTERPRETATIONS; A NOMOLOGICAL RATHER THAN LOGICAL APPROACH; A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO EUDAIMONISM; EUDAIMONIA AS AN OBJECTIVE GOAL FOR EACH HUMAN BEING; EUDAIMONIA : THE INEVITABLE OBJECT OF OUR DESIRES AND PURSUITS

THE SOCRATIC DENIAL OF AKRASIAKNOWLEDGE: THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN EUDAIMONIA; IT IS ALWAYS OUR OWN EUDAIMONIA THAT WE SEEK; PURSUIT OF OUR OWN EUDAIMONIA NECESSITATES CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OTHERS; CONCLUSION; 8. SOCRATIC MORAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCRATIC INTELLECTUALISM; SOCRATIC COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; SOCRATIC MOTIVATIONAL INTELLECTUALISM; MORAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CHANGING BEHAVIOUR; WRONGDOING AND DAMAGE TO THE SOUL; VIRTUE INTELLECTUALISM; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; 9. SOCRATES ON LOVE; INTRODUCTION: SOCRATES AS LOVER; DO LYSIS' PARENTS LOVE HIM?; SOCRATES' POSITIVE PROPOSAL

INTERPRETIVE PROBLEMS FOR THE POSITIVE PROPOSALTHE VLASTOS OBJECTION; CONCLUSION; 10. SOCRATES' POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY; INTRODUCTION; SOCRATES' POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY; INTERPRETATIONS AND CONTROVERSIES; POLITICS AND JUSTICE IN SOCRATES' THOUGHT; CONCLUSION; 11. SOCRATIC THEOLOGY AND PIETY; HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM; GREEK RELIGION; THE PUZZLES OF 'SOCRATIC RELIGION'; SOCRATIC PIETY AND PHILOSOPHY; SOCRATIC REASON AND REVELATION; SOCRATIC THEOLOGY; SOCRATES ON TRIAL; 12. SOCRATES' RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES; INTRODUCTION; VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE; SOCRATES, GREEK RELIGION AND APOLLO

SOCRATES' TRIAL AND THE DELPHIC ORACLE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-87437-7

1-4411-5729-8

OCLC:

823721356