Autor(en)

Johnson, Curtis N.:

Verlag / Jahr

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2008.

Format / Einband

Original softcover. VII, 240 p.

Sprache

Englisch

Gewicht

ca. 338 g

ISBN

073912322X

EAN

9780739123225

Bestell-Nr

1172513

Bemerkungen

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Somewhat rubbed binding, minimal staining on bottom edge, otherwise very good and clean. / Etwas beriebener Einband, minimale Anschmutzung auf Fußschnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: Preface -- I. Socrates - 1. Socrates' Mission -- 2. Was Socrates Just? -- 3. Socrates' Choice for Justice: Apology and Crito -- II. Socrates' Immoralist Opponents -- 4. Socrates' Immoralist Opponents and the Failure of Modern Reform -- 5. Socrates v. Polus -- 6. Socrates v. Callicles Part I: Natural Justice -- 7. Socrates v. Callicles Part II: Unqualified Hedonism -- 8. Socrates v. Thrasymachus Part I: Thrasymachus' World View -- 9. Socrates v. Thrasymachus Part II: Is Thrasymachus Refuted? -- III. The Happiness of the Just Life -- 10. Socrates and Protagoras -- 11. Evaluative and Psychological Hedonism -- 12. Pleasure, Virtue, and Happiness. - Socrates’ life, as revealed in Plato’s dialogues, is defined by a twofold ambition. On one hand, Socrates scrutinizes people’s beliefs, including his own, with the aim of exposing inconsistencies and learning about the expansiveness of human potential. On the other hand, he attempts to persuade particular individuals that the life of virtue and justice is far superior to the life of injustice. Curtis N. Johnson, by focusing specifically on the dialogues with the “immoralists”—Polus, Callicles, and Thrasymachus—illuminates the complexities of Socrates’ thought, illustrates the complicated interplay of the seemingly contradictory parts of Socrates’ ambition, and ultimately vindicates the overall coherence of the philosopher’s views. Socrates and the Immoralists is an in-depth exploration of Socrates’ argument for the just life, valuable to scholars of Socrates, Plato, and Greek philosophy in general. - CURTIS N. JOHNSON is Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Professor of Government at Lewis & Clark College. ISBN 9780739123225

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