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The Life of Socrates : = Plato, Xenophon, and the Untapped Potential of the Socratic Problem.

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Title/Author:	The Life of Socrates :/
Reminder of title:	Plato, Xenophon, and the Untapped Potential of the Socratic Problem.
Author:	Fritz, Abigail R.
Description:	1 online resource (110 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-09.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International83-09.
Subject:	History. -
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ISBN:	9798790656101

The Life of Socrates : = Plato, Xenophon, and the Untapped Potential of the Socratic Problem.
Fritz, Abigail R.

The Life of Socrates :Plato, Xenophon, and the Untapped Potential of the Socratic Problem. - 1 online resource (110 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-09.

Thesis (M.A.)--Utah State University, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

The primary objectives of this thesis are to argue for an approach to the Socratic problem that (1) examines Xenophon's Socratic writings along with those of Plato, and (2) analyzes the Socratic problem with a view to the ancient conception of philosophy as a way of life. To achieve these objectives, the introductory chapter provides an overview of scholarly approaches to the Socratic problem, which have tended to favor Plato as the only reliable source on the historical Socrates. This chapter argues that such approaches are flawed, and that both authors are important sources on the historical Socrates.The second chapter demonstrates Xenophon's value when it comes to the Socratic problem by using Xenophon's Memorabilia to elucidate Socrates' religious worldview. Analyzing Plato and Xenophon side by side shows that Socrates' daimonion, (i.e., Socrates' divine sign), was an important part of the historical Socrates' life, that the daimonion did not interfere with Socrates' rationality, and that there is good reason to doubt Plato's claim that Socrates' daimonion was exclusively apotreptic, meaning that it only turned him away from action and never toward it.The third chapter argues that, since philosophy was conceived as a way of life by Socrates and his contemporaries, the scope of the Socratic problem should not be limited to Socrates' theoretical philosophical views, but should include his actions, including his military and political activities.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798790656101Subjects--Topical Terms:

669538
History.
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DaimonionIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

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