Donald R. Morrison (Houston Rice University)

The Cambridge Companion to Socrates

Herausgeber: Morrison, Donald R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Cambridge Companion to Socrates is a collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. The volume brings together a diverse group of experts in philology, philosophy, and history to consider Socrates and his legacy as both a literary figure and a historical person.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9780521541039
• ISBN-10: 0521541034
• Artikelnr.: 31386593

Autorenporträt

Donald R. Morrison is currently a Professor of Philosophy and Classical Studies at Rice University. He has also been a Rockefeller Fellow at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, a Junior Fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies, and a Visiting Professor at the University Paris I-Sorbonne. His publications have appeared in edited collections and scholarly journals, including Polis, Ancient Philosophy and the History of Political Thought.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The rise and fall of the Socratic problem Louis-André Dorion; 2. The students of Socrates Klaus Döring; 3. Xenophon and the enviable life of Socrates David K. O'Connor; 4. Socrates in Aristophanes' Clouds David Konstan; 5. Socrates and the new learning Paul Woodruff; 6. Socratic religion Mark L. McPherran; 7. Socrates and democratic Athens Josiah Ober; 8. Socratic method Hugh H. Benson; 9. Self-examination Christopher Rowe; 10. Socratic ignorance Richard Bett; 11. Reconsidering Socratic irony Melissa Lane; 12. Socratic ethics and the Socratic psychology of action: a philosophical framework Terry Penner; 13. Socrates and Eudaimonia Christopher Bobonich; 14. Socrates' political philosophy Charles L. Griswold; 15. Socrates in later Greek philosophy A. A. Long.

Rezensionen

'This volume not only offers a coherent introduction to different aspects of Socrates for beginners in the field of study but also serves scholars who are experts in the field by discussing problems in major areas of Socratic research. Every essay is accessible, well informed, detailed, learned, and systematic in its presentation. The collection is a major achievement and will be an excellent tool for research. It will be read with profit by anyone who is interested in one of the most inspiring and influential figures of antiquity.' Michael Erler, University of Würzburg