Socrates (eBook)

George Rudebusch (Autor)

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2009
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-0801-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Socrates presents a compelling case for some life-changing conclusions that follow from a close reading of Socrates' arguments. Offers a highly original study of Socrates and his thought, accessible to contemporary readers Argues that through studying Socrates we can learn practical wisdom to apply to our lives Lovingly crafted with humour, thought-experiments and literary references (from the Iliad to Harry Potter), and with close reading sof key Socratic arguments Aids readers with diagrams to make clear complex arguments

Autor

George Rudebusch is Professor of Philosophy at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of Socrates, Pleasure, and Value (1999).

Inhalt

Acknowledgments.

Translations Used.

Introduction.

The Ion:

1. Interpreting Socrates

The Apology:

2. Mission From God

3. Puzzling Notoriety

The Protagoras:

4. Bravery

5. Knowledge Rules

The Laches:

6. Bravery Again

7. Puzzling Pedagogy

The Lysis:

8. Love

The Euthydemus:

9. Luck

The Meno:

10. Desire

Book 1 of the Republic:

11. Benevolence

12. Happiness

13. Freedom

The Euthyphro:

14. Reverence

The Crito:

15. World Religion

The Phaedo:

16. Last Words

Epilogue: Socrates or Plato?

Index of Passages Cited.

General Index.

Rezensionen

"The book is well and lucidly written, with plentiful
tables and diagrams and excerpts . . ..She will have to be a bright
student, because some of Rudebusch's arguments are quite
subtle; but I, for one, would have no hesitation in recommending
the book to such a student." (The Heythrop
Journal, 4 September 2013)
"This relatively short volume serves as an excellent introduction
to Socratic philosophy. Readers who are new to the enigmatic
philosopher will learn much about who he was, what his principal
doctrines were and why he held them. Remarkably comprehensive in
its scope, it is throughout lucid, engaging and provocative. But
this is also a book that will benefit even the most seasoned
scholars regardless of how they view the author's basic
interpretative stance. [The author's] reconstructions of Socrates'
arguments for his 'wild ideas' are invariably rigorous,
plausible, faithful to the text and well informed by current
scholarly debates. It is a rare book that so well serves such
different readerships." (Thomas Brickhouse, The Classical Review,
2011)

"A lucid and engaging account of the philosophy of Socrates. ...
The experience of this book will be joyous for many readers, as it
was for me. Rudebusch's advocacy of Socrates as a thinker who has
much to tell us about the good human life is carried off with
passion and grace, as well as an enviable succinctness and clarity.
It is a treatment that I expect will succeed, deservedly, in
winning over new advocates." (Notre Dame Philosophical
Reviews, April 2010)

"A remarkable book. A treatment of Socrates that is both original
in its approach and lovingly crafted to make Socrates accessible to
a contemporary audience."

-- Debra Nails, Michigan State University

"A stimulating, eloquent, and highly original work of
scholarship that breaks new ground in the search for an
understanding of this most puzzling and elusive of philosophers. It
is no mean feat that Rudebusch has written a book that is both
accessible to beginners in philosophy and required reading for
scholars of ancient philosophy."

Mark L. McPherran, Simon Fraser University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Great Minds
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Great Minds
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
• Schlagworte: Ancient • Ancient Philosophy • Antike u. mittelalterliche Philosophie • CASE • conventional wisdom • Desire • Excellence • figure • Geschichte der westlichen Philosophie • God • Historical Western Philosophy • Human • Interpretations • Knowledge • Lens • Lives • Model • Nothing • paradoxical • Philosopher • Philosophie • Philosophy • Practical • rudebuschs • Socrates • souls • Traditional • unexamined life • wisdom • Worth
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-0801-7 / 1444308017
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-0801-3 / 9781444308013