Platos Theaetetus As A Second Apology

Author : Zina Giannopoulou
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191664375
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato's Theaetetus as a Second Apology written by Zina Giannopoulou and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zina Giannopoulou argues that Theaetetus—Plato's most systematic examination of knowledge—is a philosophically sophisticated elaboration of Apology that successfully differentiates Socrates from the sophists. In Apology Socrates defends his philosophical activity partly by distinguishing it from sophistic practices, and in Theaetetus he enacts this distinction: the self-proclaimed ignorant and pious Socrates of Apology poses as the barren practitioner of midwifery, an art that enjoys divine support, and helps his pregnant interlocutor to engender his ideas. Whereas sophistic expertise fills others' souls with items of dubious epistemic quality, Socratic midwifery removes, tests, and discards falsities. In Theaetetus Plato drapes the Socrates of Apology with obstetric garb and stages a philosophical contest between him and the seemingly wise men with whose definitions Theaetetus' soul teems, chief among whom is Protagoras. By proving the indefensibility of these definitions, Socrates challenges their authors' wisdom—since for him no one can justifiably be said to have knowledge if he cannot give an account of knowledge. On the other hand, his own inability to procure the definition he seeks confirms his assertion that he lacks wisdom. Giannopoulou goes on to explore how in Apology Socrates claims that his wisdom consists in his awareness of his lack of wisdom, and in Theaetetus he validates this claim: his attempt to discover what knowledge is, coupled with his intellectual barrenness, shows both that he does not have what he is looking for and why this is the case.

Author : Zina Giannopoulou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199695296
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato's Theaetetus as a Second Apology written by Zina Giannopoulou and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zina Giannopoulou offers a new reading of Theaetetus, Plato's most systematic examination of knowledge, alongside Apology, Socrates' speech in defence of his philosophical practice, and argues that the former text is a philosophical elaboration of the latter.

Author : Plato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Works of Plato: The Apology of Socrates, Crito, Phaedo, Gorgias, Protagoras, Phaedrus, Theaetetus, Euthyphron, Lysis written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Stern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107407923
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge and Politics in Plato's Theaetetus written by Paul Stern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theaetetus is one of the most widely studied of any of the Platonic dialogues because its dominant theme concerns the significant philosophical question, what is knowledge? In this new interpretation of the Theaetetus, Paul Stern provides the first full-length treatment of its political character in relationship to this dominant theme. Stern argues that this approach sheds significant light on the distinctiveness of the Socratic way of life, with respect to both its initial justification and its ultimate character.

Author : C. D. C. Reeve
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780872200883
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Socrates in the Apology written by C. D. C. Reeve and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reeve's book is an excellent companion to Plato's Apology and a valuable discussion of many of the main issues that arise in the early dialogues. Reeve is an extremely careful reader of texts, and his familiarity with the legal and cultural background of Socrates' trial allows him to correct many common misunderstandings of that event. In addition, he integrates his reading of the apology with a sophisticated discussion of Socrates' philosophy. The writing is clear and succinct, and the research is informed by a thorough acquaintance with the secondary literature. Reeve's book will be accessible to any serious undergraduate, but it is also a work that will have to be taken into account by every scholar doing advanced research on Socrates." --Richard Kraut, Northwestern University

Author : Plato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Works of Plato: The Apology of Socrates, Crito, Phaedo, Gorgias, Protagoras, Phaedrus, Theaetetus, Euthyphron, and Lysis written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vivil Valvik Haraldsen
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498550002
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Readings of Plato's Apology of Socrates written by Vivil Valvik Haraldsen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors to this volume focus on the character of Socrates as the embodiment of philosophy, employing this as a starting point for exploring various themes exposed in the Apology. These include the relation of philosophy to democracy, rhetoric, politics, or society in general, and the overarching question of what comprises the philosophic life.

Author : R. Hackforth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107438128
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Composition of Plato's Apology written by R. Hackforth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1933, this book examines the arguments surrounding the relation of Plato's Apology to the actual speech delivered by Socrates at his trial. Hackforth compares Plato's account to that of Xenophon, and examines Plato's possible philosophical or historical motives in the creation of his account of Socrates' defence. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Platonic or Socratic philosophy.

Author : Plato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apology of Socrates written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Plato
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apology of Plato written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: