Dustin Sebell

Xenophon's Socratic Education

Reason, Religion, and the Limits of Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Xenophon's Socratic Education, through a careful reading of Book IV of Xenophon's Memorabilia, Dustin Sebell shows how Socrates ascended, with his students in tow, from moral or political opinion to knowledge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 153mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9780812252859
• ISBN-10: 0812252853
• Artikelnr.: 60327877

Autorenporträt

Dustin Sebell

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One
Chapter 1. Socratic Rhetoric
Chapter 2. Can Politics Be Taught?
Part Two
Chapter 3. Justice and the Weakness of Writing
Chapter 4. Self-Knowledge and the Hope for Happiness
Part Three
Chapter 5. "Natural Theology"
Chapter 6. "Natural Law"
Chapter 7. The Foundation of Wisdom
Chapter 8. The (Rhetorical Treatment of the) Dialectical Method
Chapter 9. Human Wisdom and Divine Providence
Notes
Index