Plato's Socrates as Narrator

Informationen zum Autor By Anne-Marie Schultz Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter One: The Lysis: Learning to Listen to SocratesChapter Two: Chastening CharmidesChapter Three: Performing Philosophy in the Protagoras Chapter Four: Evaluating Eristic in the EuthydemusChapter Five: Self-Mastery and Harmony in Plato's Republic Chapter Six: Musing on the Republic: Its Homeric, Socratic, and Platonic NarrativesConclusion: Composing a Vision of Philosophy from Plato's Socrates as NarratorWorks CitedIndex

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By Anne-Marie Schultz

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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.

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Introduction Chapter One: The Lysis: Learning to Listen to Socrates Chapter Two: Chastening Charmides Chapter Three: Performing Philosophy in the Protagoras Chapter Four: Evaluating Eristic in the Euthydemus Chapter Five: Self-Mastery and Harmony in Plato's Republic Chapter Six: Musing on the Republic: Its Homeric, Socratic, and Platonic Narratives Conclusion: Composing a Vision of Philosophy from Plato's Socrates as Narrator Works Cited Index