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Ion ; Hippias minor ; Laches ; Protagoras /

R.E. Allen's superb new translations of four Socratic dialogues-Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, and Protagoras-bring these classic texts to life for modern readers. Allen introduces and comments on the dialogues in an accessible way, inviting the reader to reexamine the issues continually raised in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plato
Otros Autores: Allen, Reginald E., 1931-2007
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1996.
Colección:Plato. Dialogues. v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • THE ION
  • Comment
  • Introduction
  • Art Implies Knowledge of Who Speaks Well and Badly about the Same Subjects: Ion Does Not Possess an Art
  • Poetry and Divine Possession: Rhapsodes as Messengers of Messengers
  • Arts Defined by Their Objects: Ion Does Not Possess an Art
  • Translation
  • THE HIPPIAS MINOR
  • Comment
  • Introduction
  • The Same Man Is Both True and False
  • Interlude: Dialectic and Literature
  • Only the Good Man Errs Voluntarily
  • Translation
  • THE LACHES
  • Comment
  • Introduction
  • Nicias and Laches Disagree about Fighting in ArmorFighting in Armor and Care of the Soul
  • What Is Courage?
  • Lachesâ€? First Definition: Courage Is Standing to Your Post
  • Lachesâ€? Second Definition: Courage Is Perseverance of Soul
  • Niciasâ€?s Definition: Courage Is a Kind of Wisdom or Knowledge of What to Fear and What to Be Confident About
  • Courage and Fearlessness
  • Courage as a Part of Virtue
  • Conclusion
  • Translation
  • THE PROTAGORAS
  • Comment
  • Dramatic Introduction
  • Narrative Introduction
  • Sophistry and the Soul
  • A Foregathering of SophistsCan Virtue Be Taught?
  • The Speech of Protagoras
  • The Unity of Virtue
  • The Unity of Justice and Holiness
  • The Unity of Temperance and Wisdom
  • The Unity of Justice and Temperance
  • Interlude: Questions and Speeches
  • The Poem of Simonides
  • Protagoras Questions Socrates
  • The Speech of Socrates
  • Interlude
  • The Unity of Virtue Revisited
  • The Unity of Wisdom and Courage
  • “Conceptual Analysisâ€?
  • That Virtue Is Knowledge
  • The Hedonic Equation
  • Living Well
  • Ancient Hedonism
  • Utilitarianism
  • The Authority of KnowledgeReply to the Many
  • The Hedonistic Calculus
  • The Nautical Almanac
  • The Art of Measurement
  • The Art Analogy
  • The “Naturalistic Fallacyâ€?
  • Psychiatric Hedonism: Freud
  • Hippias and Prodicus Agree
  • No One Voluntarily Chooses Evils
  • Socratic Intellectualism
  • The Unity of Courage and Wisdom
  • “Platoâ€?s Moral Theoryâ€?
  • Conclusion
  • Translation
  • INDEX