The Ironic Defense Of Socrates

Author : David M. Leibowitz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139490269

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The Ironic Defense of Socrates by David M. Leibowitz Pdf

This book offers a controversial interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates. By paying unusually close attention to what Socrates indicates about the meaning and extent of his irony, David Leibowitz arrives at unconventional conclusions about Socrates' teaching on virtue, politics, and the gods; the significance of his famous turn from natural philosophy to political philosophy; and the purpose of his insolent 'defense speech'. Leibowitz shows that Socrates is not just a colorful and quirky figure from the distant past but an unrivaled guide to the good life - the thoughtful life - who is as relevant today as in ancient Athens. On the basis of his unconventional understanding of the dialogue as a whole, and of the Delphic oracle story in particular, Leibowitz shows that the Apology is the key to the Platonic corpus, indicating how many of the disparate themes and apparently contradictory conclusions of the other dialogues fit together.

Author : David Leibowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1819949109

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The Ironic Defense of Socrates by David Leibowitz Pdf

"This book offers a controversial new interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates. By paying unusually close attention to what Socrates indicates about the meaning and extent of his irony, David Leibowitz arrives at unconventional conclusions about Socrates' teaching on virtue, politics, and the gods; the significance of his famous turn from natural philosophy to political philosophy; and the purpose of his insolent "defense speech." Leibowitz shows that Socrates is not just a colorful and quirky figure from the distant past but an unrivaled guide to the good life - the thoughtful life - who is as relevant today as in ancient Athens. On the basis of his unconventional understanding of the dialogue as a whole, and of the Delphic oracle story in particular, Leibowitz also attempts to show that the Apology is the key to the Platonic corpus, indicating how many of the disparate themes and apparently contradictory conclusions of the other dialogues fit together"--

Author : John Russon,Patricia Fagan
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0810125870

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Reexamining Socrates in the Apology by John Russon,Patricia Fagan Pdf

An oracle was reported to have said, "No one is wiser than Socrates." And in fact it was Socrates’ life’s work to interpret these words, which demanded and defined the practice of philosophy. Each of these original essays attends carefully to the specifics of the Apology, looking to its dramatic details, its philosophic teaching, and its complexity as a work of writing to bring into focus the "Socrates" of the Apology. Overall, the contributors, distinguished scholars of ancient philosophy, share a belief in the unity of the letter and the spirit of Platonic philosophy: the conviction that the Platonic text cannot be reached except through reading and cannot be read except through thinking. In this way, the readings in this volume mirror Socrates’ own hermeneutical practice of uniting the demands of the mind and the demands of the text—the Socratic "examination." The result, true to the Socratic injunction that the unexamined life is not worth living, continues that practice of examination, here offering a reexamination of Socrates in the Apology.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000062281

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Apology by Plato Pdf

The Apology of Socrates was written by Plato. In fact, it’s a defensive speech of Socrates that he said in a court noted down by Plato.The main subject of the speech is a problem of the evil. Socrates insists that neither death nor death sentence is evil. We shouldn’t be afraid of the death because we don’t know anything about it. Socrates proved that the death shouldn’t be taken as the evil with the following dilemma: the death is either a peace or a transit from this life to the next. Both can’t be called evil. Consequently, the death shouldn’t be treated as evil.

Author : C. D. C. Reeve
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872200884

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Socrates in the Apology by C. D. C. Reeve Pdf

"Reeve's book is an excellent companion to Plato's Apology and a valuable discussion of many of the main issues that arise in the early dialogues. Reeve is an extremely careful reader of texts, and his familiarity with the legal and cultural background of Socrates' trial allows him to correct many common misunderstandings of that event. In addition, he integrates his reading of the apology with a sophisticated discussion of Socrates' philosophy. The writing is clear and succinct, and the research is informed by a thorough acquaintance with the secondary literature. Reeve's book will be accessible to any serious undergraduate, but it is also a work that will have to be taken into account by every scholar doing advanced research on Socrates." --Richard Kraut, Northwestern University

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1027 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004396753

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Brill's Companion to the Reception of Socrates by Anonim Pdf

Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Socrates, edited by Christopher Moore, provides three-dozen studies of nearly 2500 continuous years of philosophical and literary engagement with Socrates as innovative intellectual, moral exemplar, and singular Athenian.

Author : Donald R. Morrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521833424

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The Cambridge Companion to Socrates by Donald R. Morrison Pdf

Essays from a diverse group of experts providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher.

Author : Joel Alden Schlosser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107067424

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What Would Socrates Do? by Joel Alden Schlosser Pdf

This book challenges popular modern views of Socrates by examining the political significance of his activity in ancient Athens.

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Literature
ISBN : UCSC:32106010523915

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Kierkegaard's Writings by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf

Author : Paul Allen Miller,Charles Platter
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780806186054

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Plato's Apology of Socrates by Paul Allen Miller,Charles Platter Pdf

The significance of Plato’s Apology of Socrates is impossible to overestimate. An account of the famous trial of Socrates in 399 b.c., it appeals to historians, philosophers, political scientists, classicists, and literary critics. It is also essential reading for students of ancient Greek. This new commentary on Plato’s canonical work is designed to accommodate the needs of students in intermediate-level Greek classes, where they typically encounter the Apology for the first time. Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter, two highly respected classicists and veteran instructors, present the Apology in its traditional thirty-three-chapter structure. They amplify the text with running commentary and glosses of unfamiliar words at the bottom of each page; brief chapter introductions to relevant philosophical, historical, and rhetorical issues; and a separate series of thought-provoking essays, one on each chapter. The essays can serve as bases for class discussions or as starting points for paper topics or general reflection. By integrating background material into the text at regular intervals rather than front-loading it in a lengthy initial overview or burying it in back-of-the-book endnotes, the authors offer students a rich encounter with the text. Their commentary incorporates the latest research on both the trial of Socrates and Plato’s version of it, and it engages major philosophical issues from a contemporary perspective. This book is not only a much-needed aid for students of Greek. It is also the basis of a complete course on the Apology.

Author : Julia Kindt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107151574

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Revisiting Delphi by Julia Kindt Pdf

An innovative reading of how different authors tell stories about the Delphic Oracle, focusing on the religious views thereby conveyed.

Author : Jonathan Lear
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674416888

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A Case for Irony by Jonathan Lear Pdf

In 2001, Vanity Fair declared that the Age of Irony was over. Joan Didion has lamented that the United States in the era of Barack Obama has become an "irony-free zone." Jonathan Lear in his 2006 book Radical Hope looked into AmericaÕs heart to ask how might we dispose ourselves if we came to feel our way of life was coming to an end. Here, he mobilizes a squad of philosophers and a psychoanalyst to once again forge a radical way forward, by arguing that no genuinely human life is possible without irony. Becoming human should not be taken for granted, Lear writes. It is something we accomplish, something we get the hang of, and like Kierkegaard and Plato, Lear claims that irony is one of the essential tools we use to do this. For Lear and the participants in his Socratic dialogue, irony is not about being cool and detached like a player in a Woody Allen film. That, as Johannes Climacus, one of KierkegaardÕs pseudonymous authors, puts it, Òis something only assistant professors assume.Ó Instead, it is a renewed commitment to living seriously, to experiencing every disruption that shakes us out of our habitual ways of tuning out of life, with all its vicissitudes. While many over the centuries have argued differently, Lear claims that our feelings and desires tend toward order, a structure that irony shakes us into seeing. LearÕs exchanges with his interlocutors strengthen his claims, while his experiences as a practicing psychoanalyst bring an emotionally gripping dimension to what is at stakeÑthe psychic costs and benefits of living with irony.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781434458162

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Four Dialogues by Plato Pdf

Included in this volume are "Euthyphro," "Apology," "Crito," and the Death Scene from "Phaedo." Translated by F.J. Church. Revisions and Introduction by Robert D. Cumming.

Author : Mark Kremer
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0739108182

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Plato's Cleitophon by Mark Kremer Pdf

It had been thought that theCleitophon was a spurious dialogue. Its brevity and the fact that Socrates does not respond to accusations from Cleitophon suggested to scholars that it was only a fragment. However, in the last fifteen years, the complete and authentic dialogue was rediscovered. Upon its discovery, scholars have almost universally agreed that the Cleitophon is the introduction to Plato'sRepublic. In Plato's Cleitophon: On Socrates and the Modern Mind editor, translator, and author, Mark Kremer, has mined some of the best scholarship on the relationship of Plato's Cleitophon and its relationship to modern thought. It is the contention of the editor that the Cleitophon, is an ancient example of the psychic, social, cultural, and moral strain that is put upon the citizens of a republic when their society begins to erode on all fronts. This work has the potential to afford readers an ancient perspective on ourselves by showing us how we appear in Plato's mind. It should be read by anyone who has ever read Plato'sRepublic; as well as anyone who is concerned about the social, psychic, cultural, and moral effects of postmodernity and globalization.

Author : Thomas C. Brickhouse,Nicholas D. Smith
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198239383

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Socrates on Trial by Thomas C. Brickhouse,Nicholas D. Smith Pdf

This interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates argues that Plato's Socrates offers a sincere defence against the charges he faces. In doing so the book offers an exhaustive historical and philosophical interpretation of and commentary on the text.