A Companion to Socrates

by Editor: Sara Ahbel-Rappe (University of Michigan, USA ); Editor: Rachana Kamtekar (University of Arizona, USA )

• ISBN13: 9781405154581
• ISBN10: 1405154586
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him Covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to contemporary European philosophy Examines Socrates' place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe Addresses interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art Helps readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Socrates in Antiquity

Biography and Sources

The Trial and Death of Socrates

Socrates and Euripides

Socrates Among the Sophists

Socrates the Freethinker

How does SocratesÆ Divine Sign Communicate with Him?

Socrates, Antisthenes, and the Cynics

XenophonÆs Socrates

Picturing Socrates

Plato

Socrates in PlatoÆs Dialogues

No One Errs Willingly: The Meaning of Socratic Intellectualism

Socratic Love

Socrates and Religious Experience

The Politics of PlatoÆs Socrates

The Examined Life

Socrates: Preacher or Seeker?

Socratic Method and Socratic Truth

Section III

Socrates in the Stoa

Socrates and Epictetus

Socrates and Skepticism

Socrates After Antiquity

From the Medieval Period to Modernity

Socrates in Arabic Philosophy

Socrates in the Italian Renaissance

The Private Life of Socrates in Early Modern France

Socrates in Hegel and Others

The Modern Period

KierkegaardÆs Socratic Point of View

Nietzsche and ôThe Problem of Socratesö

The Socratic Hermeneutics of Heidegger and Gadamer

The Socratic Method and Psychoanalysis

Lacan and Socrates

From Grade School to Law School: SocratesÆ Legacy in Education

SocratesÆ Definitional Inquiries and the History of Philosophy

Index

This Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy and provides an in-depth discussion of the various approaches to his philosophy.

Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, the volume covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to the present dayThe contributors review SocratesÆ life and the key philosophical doctrines associated with him, and examine SocratesÆ place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary EuropeThey consider interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art.

This distinctive Companion will help readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages

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