Defending the Philosophical Life
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Köp båda 2 för 2280 krUndergraduates frequently encounter Plato through the Apology. But how does one move from impressions of this exceptional dialogue to philosophical and historical scholarship? This fine anthology, from a 2015 conference in Bergen, Norway, supplies this pedagogical need. The 11 essays survey cruxes of the dialogue that Gro Rrstadbotten (in his essay "Socrates's Telling of the Truth") calls the "point zero," where Plato's Socrates meets his historical counterpart. Most essays problematize Socrates himself. Arlene Saxonhouse sees tensions between democracy and "shameless" speech (parrhesia). Other contributors link Socrates's rhetoric to history. Rrstadbotten reviews the amnesty law that prohibited litigious reference to the atrocities of the oligarchy. Hallvard Fossheim faults Socrates regarding Aristotles account of virtueSocrates's cleverness, poverty, and lack of straightforward political engagement compromise practical wisdom. The eminent Paul Woodruff argues that Socrates's exhortation to Athens is strange unless understood as a call to jurors "to examine themselves and live in accordance with human limitations." Such insights supplement those in previous works on either the broader philosophy of Socrates (e.g., Thomas Brickhouse and Nicholas Smith's The Philosophy of Socrates, CH, Jul'00, 37-6200) or on his rhetoric (I. F. Stone's The Trial of Socrates, CH, Nov'88, 26-1493). Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *
Vivil Valvik Haraldsen is lecturer at the University of Bergen. Olof Pettersson is research fellow at Uppsala University. Oda E. W. Tvedt researches history of philosophy at Uppsala University.
Introduction Chapter 1: A Shameless Socrates on Trial in Democratic Athens Arlene Saxonhouse Chapter 2: Philosophy, Democracy and Poverty: The Philosopher as Political Agent in Plato Apology Oda Tvedt Chapter 3: The Temporality of Philosophy in the Apology Kristin Sampson Chapter 4: Platos Socrates in the Apology: Speaking in Two Voices Knut gotnes Chapter 5: Socrates Daimonic Ethics: Myth and Heroism in Platos Apology Jacob Howland Chapter 6: Platos Apologies Gro Rrstadbotten Chapter 7: The Character of Socrates in Platos Apology: An Aristotelian Analysis Hallvard Fossheim Chapter 8: Socrates Failure: Language and Lies in Platos Apology Olof Pettersson Chapter 9: Self-Images of Socrates. Respect for Tradition and Critical Examination in Platos Apology Elena Irrera Chapter 10: Socrates Mission Paul Woodruff Chapter 11: The Philosophical Force of Negativity: Elenchos and Socratic Conversation in Platos Apology Vivil Valvik Haraldsen