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Virtue Is knowledge : the moral foundations of Socratic political philosophy /
The relation between virtue and knowledge is at the heart of the Socratic view of human excellence, but it also points to a central puzzle of the Platonic dialogues: Can Socrates be serious in his claims that human excellence is constituted by one virtue, that vice is merely the result of ignorance,...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2014.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | The relation between virtue and knowledge is at the heart of the Socratic view of human excellence, but it also points to a central puzzle of the Platonic dialogues: Can Socrates be serious in his claims that human excellence is constituted by one virtue, that vice is merely the result of ignorance, and that the correct response to crime is therefore not punishment but education? Or are these assertions mere rhetorical ploys by a notoriously complex thinker?Lorraine Smith Pangle traces the argument for the primacy of virtue and the power of knowledge throughout the five dialogues that feature. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226136684 022613668X 1306709563 9781306709569 |