Screen LibrarySocrates on self-improvement : knowledge, virtue, and happiness /
"Few would doubt that Plato intends to portray Socrates as an exemplar of human excellence. In Plato's Apology, Socrates cites the authority of Delphi in support of his claim to be the wisest of men (23b2), if only because he is so well aware of his own ignorance. Later in that same dialog...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Few would doubt that Plato intends to portray Socrates as an exemplar of human excellence. In Plato's Apology, Socrates cites the authority of Delphi in support of his claim to be the wisest of men (23b2), if only because he is so well aware of his own ignorance. Later in that same dialogue, we learn that Socrates also realizes that, he has a reputation for being "superior to the majority of human beings"1 (35a1) and the context make clear that the kind of superiority he has in mind is a superiority in virtue (aretê : 35a2) In Plato's other dialogues, as well, Socrates seems clearly to be identified as superior with respect to whatever positive trait or virtue is under discussion"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 182 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781316515532 1316515532 |
| Index Number: | B317 |
| CLC: |
B502.232 B502.231 |
| Call Number: | B502.231/S655 |
| Contents: | Socrates as Exemplar -- Socrates as Apprentice at Virtue -- Socratic Motivational Intellectualism -- Socratic Ignorance -- Is Virtue Sufficient for Happiness? -- The Necessity of Virtue for Happiness. |