The socratic paradox and its enemies / Roslyn Weiss.
The socratic paradox and its enemies / Roslyn Weiss.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.
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N183.2/20
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English
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xii, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: the fight for justice -- The Protagoras : "our salvation in life" -- The Gorgias : how ought a human being to live? -- The Hippias minor : "if there be such a man" -- The Meno : desiring bad things and getting them -- Republic 4 : "everyone desires good things" -- Laws 9 : all just thi...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.
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Illinois
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c2006.
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"If Socrates is essentially an agonistic thinker, Weiss argues, then the things he says and how outrageously he says them cannot be properly interpreted in isolation from the notions he opposes. Viewed in the context of these opposing ideas, the paradoxes emerge as Socrates' means of championing the cause of justice in the face of those who would i...
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The socratic paradox and its enemies / Roslyn Weiss.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-221)and index.
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N183.2/20
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74VKv8y7z7dl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv8y7z7dl
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0226891720 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226891729 (cloth : alk. paper)
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183.2
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991021637999702626
