Essays on the Philosophy of Socrates

by Benson, Hugh H.

• ISBN13: 9780195067569
• ISBN10: 0195067568
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-04-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The last two decades have witnessed a virtual explosion of research in Socratic philosophy. This volume collects essays that represent the range and diversity of that vast literature, including historical and philosophical essays devoted to a single Platonic dialogue, as well as essays devotedto the Socratic method, Socratic epistemology, and Socratic ethics. With lists of suggested further readings, an extensive bibliography on recent Socratic research, and an index locorum, this unique and much-needed anthology makes the study of Socratic philosophy accessible to both scholars andnon-specialists.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Formal Charges Against Socrates

Did Plato Write Socratic Dialogues?

Socratic Midwifery, Platonic Inspiration

Socratic Irony

Plato's Early Theory of Knowledge

Does Socrates Commit the Socratic Fallacy?

Misunderstanding the 'What is F-ness?' Question

Elenchus and Mathematics: A Turning Point in Plato's Philosophical Development

The Unity of Virtue

Socrates' Use of the Techne-Analogy

Socrates the Epicurean

Socratic Piety in the Euthypho

Ho Agathos as Ho Dunatos in the Hippias Minor

Socrates on Desire for the Good and the Involuntariness of Wrongdoing: Gorgias 466a-468e

Meno's Paradox and Socrates as a Teacher

Bibliography

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