Plato S Charmides And The Socratic Ideal Of Rationality

Author : Walter T. Schmid
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998-04-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791437647

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Plato's Charmides and the Socratic Ideal of Rationality by Walter T. Schmid Pdf

In this book, W. Thomas Schmid demonstrates that the Charmides -- a platonic dialogue seldom referenced in contemporary studies -- is a microcosm of Socratic philosophy. He explores the treatment of the Socratic dialectic, the relation between it and the Socratic notion of self-knowledge, the Socratic ideal of rationality and self-restraint, the norm of holistic and moral health, the interpretation of the soul as the rational self, the Socratic attitude toward democracy, and the connections between dialectic autonomy and moral community. Schmid argues that the depiction and account of sophrosune -- human moderation -- in the Charmides adumbrates Plato's vision of the life of critical reason, and of its uneasy relation to political life in the ancient city.

Author : Walter T. Schmid
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791437639

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Plato's Charmides and the Socratic Ideal of Rationality by Walter T. Schmid Pdf

In this book, W. Thomas Schmid demonstrates that the Charmides -- a platonic dialogue seldom referenced in contemporary studies -- is a microcosm of Socratic philosophy. He explores the treatment of the Socratic dialectic, the relation between it and the Socratic notion of self-knowledge, the Socratic ideal of rationality and self-restraint, the norm of holistic and moral health, the interpretation of the soul as the rational self, the Socratic attitude toward democracy, and the connections between dialectic autonomy and moral community. Schmid argues that the depiction and account of sophrosune -- human moderation -- in the Charmides adumbrates Plato's vision of the life of critical reason, and of its uneasy relation to political life in the ancient city.

Author : Gary Alan Scott
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791447243

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Plato's Socrates as Educator by Gary Alan Scott Pdf

Despite his ceaseless efforts to purge his fellow citizens of their unfounded opinions and to bring them to care for what he believes to be the most important things, Plato's Socrates rarely succeeds in his pedagogical project with the characters he encounters. This is in striking contrast to the historical Socrates, who spawned the careers of Plato, Xenophon, and other authors of Socratic dialogues. Through an examination of Socratic pedagogy under its most propitious conditions, focusing on a narrow class of dialogues featuring Lysis and Alcibiades, this book answers the question: "why does Plato portray his divinely appointed gadfly as such a dramatic failure?"

Author : Plato
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872200108

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Charmides by Plato Pdf

A literal translation, allowing the simplicity and vigor of the Greek diction to shine through.

Author : Paul Stern
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438421179

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Socratic Rationalism and Political Philosophy by Paul Stern Pdf

In this new interpretation of Plato's Phaedo, Paul Stern considers the dialogue as an invaluable source for understanding the distinctive character of Socratic rationalism. First, he demonstrates, contrary to the charge of such thinkers as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Rorty, that Socrates' rationalism does not rest on the dogmatic presumption of the rationality of nature. Second, he shows that the distinctively Socratic mode of philosophizing is formulated precisely with a view to vindicating the philosophic life in the face of these uncertainties. And finally, he argues that this vindication results in a mode of inquiry that finds its ground in a clear understanding of the problematical but enduring human situation. Stern concludes that Socratic rationalism, aware as it is of the limits of reason, still provides a nondogmatic and nonarbitrary basis for human understanding.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781616403157

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The Works of Plato by Plato Pdf

The Works of Plato: Analysis of Plato & The Republic are original Cosimo editions of a four-volume work, translated and analyzed by Benjamin Jowett. All of the works contained within are also published as separate works, but the four-volume set has added commentary from Jowett, considered one of the best translators of Plato's works. There are three editions in the Cosimo set; Volumes I and II make up the first book, and Volumes III and IV make up the second and third books. This set is ideal for any scholar of Plato and philosophy, whether amateur or seasoned. Volume IV contains works discussing character and virtues, finishing with Plato's The Laws, a guide on how to properly live as a citizen in any society. Also included in Volume IV: Charmides, Lysis, Laches, Protagoras, Ion, Sophist, and Statesman, among others. One of the greatest Western philosophers who ever lived, Plato (c. 428-347 B.C.) was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. Plato was greatly influenced by Socrates' teachings, often using him as a character in scripts and plays (Socratic dialogues), which he used to demonstrate philosophical ideas. Plato's dialogues were and still are used to teach a wide range of subjects, including politics, mathematics, rhetoric, logic, and, naturally, philosophy.

Author : Thomas M. Tuozzo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:929796739

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Plato's Charmides by Thomas M. Tuozzo Pdf

Author : Voula Tsouna
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781316511114

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Plato's Charmides by Voula Tsouna Pdf

A close text commentary showing the interplay of the philosophical issues, the characters and the dialectic across the dialogue.

Author : Anne-Marie Schultz
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739183311

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Plato's Socrates as Narrator by Anne-Marie Schultz Pdf

This book explores five Platonic dialogues: Lysis, Charmides, Protagoras, Euthydemus, and the Republic. This book uses Socrates’ narrative commentary as its primary interpretive framework. No one has engaged in a sustained attempt to explore the Platonic dialogues from this angle. As a result, it offers a unique contribution to Plato scholarship. The portrait of Socrates that emerges challenges the traditional view of Socrates as an intellectualist and offers a holistic vision of philosophical practice.

Author : David Wolfsdorf
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195327328

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Trials of Reason by David Wolfsdorf Pdf

Plato's arguments are developed through complex exchanges between literary characters. Consequently, it is questionable that theses can be attributed to the author himself. Wolfsdorf has it that the answer to this dilema lies in transcending the divide and integrating the literary and philosophical dimensions of the texts.

Author : Thomas M. Tuozzo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:929796739

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Plato's Charmides by Thomas M. Tuozzo Pdf

Author : Laurence Lampert
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226470979

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How Philosophy Became Socratic by Laurence Lampert Pdf

Plato’s dialogues show Socrates at different ages, beginning when he was about nineteen and already deeply immersed in philosophy and ending with his execution five decades later. By presenting his model philosopher across a fifty-year span of his life, Plato leads his readers to wonder: does that time period correspond to the development of Socrates’ thought? In this magisterial investigation of the evolution of Socrates’ philosophy, Laurence Lampert answers in the affirmative. The chronological route that Plato maps for us, Lampert argues, reveals the enduring record of philosophy as it gradually took the form that came to dominate the life of the mind in the West. The reader accompanies Socrates as he breaks with the century-old tradition of philosophy, turns to his own path, gradually enters into a deeper understanding of nature and human nature, and discovers the successful way to transmit his wisdom to the wider world. Focusing on the final and most prominent step in that process and offering detailed textual analysis of Plato’s Protagoras, Charmides, and Republic, How Philosophy Became Socratic charts Socrates’ gradual discovery of a proper politics to shelter and advance philosophy.

Author : Plato,Benjamin Jowett
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1518684211

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Charmides (Annotated) by Plato,Benjamin Jowett Pdf

In Plato's writings there is both unity, and also growth and development; but that we must not intrude upon him either a system or a technical language. Translated by Benjamin Jowett.

Author : Drew A. Hyland
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791425096

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Finitude and Transcendence in the Platonic Dialogues by Drew A. Hyland Pdf

This book explains how to read Plato, emphasizing the philosophic importance of the dramatic aspects of the dialogues, and showing that Plato is an ironic thinker and that his irony is deeply rooted in his philosophy.

Author : Emlyn-Jones Chris,Plato
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141914077

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Early Socratic Dialogues by Emlyn-Jones Chris,Plato Pdf

Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues provide a definitive portrait of the real Socrates and raise issues still keenly debated by philosophers, forming an incisive overview of Plato's philosophy.