The ideas of Socrates Matthew S. Linck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linck, Matthew S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socrates.

Plato.

Plato. Parmenides.

Plato. Phaedo.

Plato. Symposium.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 pages)

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2007.

Summary:

The Ideas of Socrates offers a unique interpretation of the ideas (forms, eide) in Plato's writings. In this concise and accessible study, Matthew S. Linck makes four major claims. Firstly, the ideas as Socrates discusses them in the Phaedo, Parmenides, and Symposium are shown to be integral to the person of Socrates as presented in Plato's dialogues. Secondly, Linck argues that if we take Plato's dialogues as an integrated set of writings, then we must acknowledge that the mature Socrates is perfectly aware of the difficulties entailed in the positing of ideas. Thirdly, the book shows that Socrates' recourse to the ideas is not simply an epistemological issue but one of self-transformation. And finally Linck examines how Socrates relates to the ideas in two ways, one practical, the other speculative. As the only group of Plato's narrated dialogues that are not narrated by Socrates, the Phaedo, Parmenides, and Symposium constitute a unique collection. These three dialogues also contain accounts of Socrates as a young man, and all of these accounts explicitly discuss the ideas. The Ideas of Socrates serves as a commentary on the relevant passages of these dialogues and goes on to build up an explicit series of arguments about the ideas that will transform the way in which we approach these key texts. This important new book will be of interest to anyone involved in the study of Ancient Philosophy.

Contents:

Introduction

Pythagorean overture

Phaedo

Blindness

Anaxagoras

Socrates' second sailing

Parmenides

Socrates and Zeno

Socrates' ideas

The challenge of Parmenides

Ideas and the one

Symposium

Erotic ascent

The in-between

The genealogy of Eros, or the philosopher

Possession and generation

Eros and ideas

Safety

Soul and ideas

Pythagorean Overture

Chapter One: Phaedo

I. Blindness

II. Anaxagoras

III. Socrates' Second Sailing

Chapter Two: Parmenides

IV. Socrates and Zeno

V. Socrates' Ideas

VI. The Challenge of Parmenides

VII. Ideas and the One

Chapter Three: Symposium

VIII. Erotic Ascent

IX. The In-Between

X. The Genealogy of Eros, or The Philosopher

XI. Possession and Generation

XII. Eros and Ideas

Chapter Four: Phaedo

XIII. Safety

XIV. Soul and Ideas

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Notes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-137) and index

ISBN:

9781472598059

1472598059

OCLC:

654958678