Dr. James M. Magrini teaches Western philosophy at the College of Dupage. He has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and seven philosophy monographs and was awarded the 2017 Michael Oliker Award in philosophy of education. In 2013 he was the Outstanding Part-Time Liberal Arts Faculty Member at COD.

“This is an exceptional book. James M. Magrini combines original scholarship with an innovative reading of Plato’s dialogue, which develops into a study that highlights and, importantly, recuperates the importance of the Alcibiades for reflections on ethics, justice, and self-cultivation. By conducting a stringent analysis of Plato’s Alcibiades in terms of politics, power, ethics, and their inter-relationship, Magrini uncovers the striking actuality of the dialogue in today’s political climate. I strongly recommend Magrini’s text to scholars and students alike within the Humanities and the Social Sciences.”—Elias Schwieler, Professor, Stockholm University

• Preface – Abbreviations and References – Introduction – Why the Alcibiades Matters – Controversy Surrounding "Platonic" Authorship – Alcibiades in the Historical and Philosophical Traditions – Reading the Alcibiades – Socratic Elenchus, Method, and Education in the Alcibiades – The Socratic Education of Alcibiades – Socratic Elenchus: Attunement and Learned Ignorance – The Failure of Alcibiades’ Education – Socratic Self-Knowledge and the Virtuous Order of the Soul – The Intimate Knowledge of the Soul – Self- Knowledge and Radical Limitations – The Well-Ordered Soul: Dikaiosune, Sophrosune, and Phronesis – Socratic Virtues, Ethics, and Democratic Ideals in Dialectic – Socrates’ Critical- Elenchus: The Concern for Social Justice – Instantiating Phronesis of the Virtues in Socratic Dialectic-and-Dialogue – Socratic Dialectic and Democratic Ideals – Socratic Politics of the Soul: Philosopher, Statesman, and Democracy – Statesman-as-Philosopher: The Virtuous Ordering of the State – Socrates’ Virtuous Practice of Politics in Athens – Socrates and Contemporary Dialogue: Dialektos, Parrhesia, and Oikeion – About the Author.

Dr. James M. Magrini teaches Western philosophy at the College of Dupage. He has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and seven philosophy monographs and was awarded the 2017 Michael Oliker Award in philosophy of education. In 2013 he was the Outstanding Part-Time Liberal Arts Faculty Member at COD.

“This is an exceptional book. James M. Magrini combines original scholarship with an innovative reading of Plato’s dialogue, which develops into a study that highlights and, importantly, recuperates the importance of the Alcibiades for reflections on ethics, justice, and self-cultivation. By conducting a stringent analysis of Plato’s Alcibiades in terms of politics, power, ethics, and their inter-relationship, Magrini uncovers the striking actuality of the dialogue in today’s political climate. I strongly recommend Magrini’s text to scholars and students alike within the Humanities and the Social Sciences.”—Elias Schwieler, Professor, Stockholm University

• Preface – Abbreviations and References – Introduction – Why the Alcibiades Matters – Controversy Surrounding "Platonic" Authorship – Alcibiades in the Historical and Philosophical Traditions – Reading the Alcibiades – Socratic Elenchus, Method, and Education in the Alcibiades – The Socratic Education of Alcibiades – Socratic Elenchus: Attunement and Learned Ignorance – The Failure of Alcibiades’ Education – Socratic Self-Knowledge and the Virtuous Order of the Soul – The Intimate Knowledge of the Soul – Self- Knowledge and Radical Limitations – The Well-Ordered Soul: Dikaiosune, Sophrosune, and Phronesis – Socratic Virtues, Ethics, and Democratic Ideals in Dialectic – Socrates’ Critical- Elenchus: The Concern for Social Justice – Instantiating Phronesis of the Virtues in Socratic Dialectic-and-Dialogue – Socratic Dialectic and Democratic Ideals – Socratic Politics of the Soul: Philosopher, Statesman, and Democracy – Statesman-as-Philosopher: The Virtuous Ordering of the State – Socrates’ Virtuous Practice of Politics in Athens – Socrates and Contemporary Dialogue: Dialektos, Parrhesia, and Oikeion – About the Author.

Dr. James M. Magrini teaches Western philosophy at the College of Dupage. He has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and seven philosophy monographs and was awarded the 2017 Michael Oliker Award in philosophy of education. In 2013 he was the Outstanding Part-Time Liberal Arts Faculty Member at COD.

“This is an exceptional book. James M. Magrini combines original scholarship with an innovative reading of Plato’s dialogue, which develops into a study that highlights and, importantly, recuperates the importance of the Alcibiades for reflections on ethics, justice, and self-cultivation. By conducting a stringent analysis of Plato’s Alcibiades in terms of politics, power, ethics, and their inter-relationship, Magrini uncovers the striking actuality of the dialogue in today’s political climate. I strongly recommend Magrini’s text to scholars and students alike within the Humanities and the Social Sciences.”—Elias Schwieler, Professor, Stockholm University

• Preface – Abbreviations and References – Introduction – Why the Alcibiades Matters – Controversy Surrounding "Platonic" Authorship – Alcibiades in the Historical and Philosophical Traditions – Reading the Alcibiades – Socratic Elenchus, Method, and Education in the Alcibiades – The Socratic Education of Alcibiades – Socratic Elenchus: Attunement and Learned Ignorance – The Failure of Alcibiades’ Education – Socratic Self-Knowledge and the Virtuous Order of the Soul – The Intimate Knowledge of the Soul – Self- Knowledge and Radical Limitations – The Well-Ordered Soul: Dikaiosune, Sophrosune, and Phronesis – Socratic Virtues, Ethics, and Democratic Ideals in Dialectic – Socrates’ Critical- Elenchus: The Concern for Social Justice – Instantiating Phronesis of the Virtues in Socratic Dialectic-and-Dialogue – Socratic Dialectic and Democratic Ideals – Socratic Politics of the Soul: Philosopher, Statesman, and Democracy – Statesman-as-Philosopher: The Virtuous Ordering of the State – Socrates’ Virtuous Practice of Politics in Athens – Socrates and Contemporary Dialogue: Dialektos, Parrhesia, and Oikeion – About the Author.