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Socrates on the life of philosophical inquiry = a companion to Plato's Laches /

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Title/Author:	Socrates on the life of philosophical inquiry/ by Konstantinos Stefou.
Reminder of title:	a companion to Plato's Laches /
Author:	Stefou, Konstantinos.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2018.,
Description:	xiii, 107 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Courage. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04188-5
ISBN:	9783030041885

Socrates on the life of philosophical inquiry = a companion to Plato's Laches /
Stefou, Konstantinos.

Socrates on the life of philosophical inquirya companion to Plato's Laches /[electronic resource] :by Konstantinos Stefou. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - xiii, 107 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - SpringerBriefs in philosophy,2211-4548. - SpringerBriefs in philosophy..

Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and conventions,- Introduction,- Chapter 1: The preamble (178a1-181d7) -- Chapter 2: Nicias' and Laches' speeches on 'fighting in armor' (hoplomachia) (181d8-184d4) -- Chapter 3: Socrates' proposed methodology (184d5-187b7) -- Chapter 4: Nicias and Laches give their consent to Socrates' cross-questioning (187b8-189d3) -- Chapter 5: Socrates initiates the dialectic discussion (189d4-190e3) -- Chapter 6: Laches' first definition of andreia (190e4-192b8) -- Chapter 7: Laches' second definition of andreia (192b9-194b7) -- Chapter 8: Invitation of Nicias to the discussion (194b8-194e10) -- Chapter 9: Nicias' definition of andreia and its elenchus led by Laches (194e11-196b7) -- Chapter 10: Socrates' first examination of Nicias' definition, after Laches steps back (196c1-197e5) -- Chapter 11: Socrates' refutation of Nicias' definition (197e6-200a3) -- Chapter 12: The end of the dialogue (200a4-201c5) -- Conclusion -- General Index.

This book offers the first systematic reading of Plato's Laches in English after three decades of scholarly silence. It rekindles interest in this much-neglected dialogue by providing a fresh discussion of the major issues that arise from the text. Among these issues, pride of place is taken by the virtue of courage, for the definition of which Socrates is depicted as engaging in some long-winded dialectical exchange with his interlocutors. Yet, although there is no room for doubt that the Laches is Plato's most explicit treatment of courage, this dialogue ends in perplexity and is thus traditionally thought of as an unsuccessful attempt to define what courage is. The present study challenges this suggestion. This book proposes a new paradigm for the interpretation of Plato's Laches. In fact, it constitutes the first systematic attempt to study the dialogue in light of the idea that its composition could well have formed part of Plato's overall plan to establish a well-defined and rigorous justification of the life of philosophical inquiry The book will be of key interest to classicists, philosophers, and intellectual historians, but will also appeal to students or anyone interested in ancient Greek philosophy.

ISBN: 9783030041885

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-04188-5doiSubjects--Personal Names:

576192
Plato.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

1002797
Courage.

LC Class. No.: B373 / .S84 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 170

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