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1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) |
| Series |
The dialogues of Plato ; v. 3 |
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Plato.
Dialogues. English (Allen) ; v. 3
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| Contents |
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 |
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Nicias and Laches Disagree about Fighting in ArmorFighting in Armor and Care of the Soul -- What Is Courage? -- Laches� First Definition: Courage Is Standing to Your Post -- Laches� Second Definition: Courage Is Perseverance of Soul -- Nicias�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 |
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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 Analysis� -- That Virtue Is Knowledge -- The Hedonic Equation -- Living Well -- Ancient Hedonism -- Utilitarianism |
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The Authority of KnowledgeReply to the Many -- The Hedonistic Calculus -- The Nautical Almanac -- The Art of Measurement -- The Art Analogy -- The “Naturalistic Fallacy� -- Psychiatric Hedonism: Freud -- Hippias and Prodicus Agree -- No One Voluntarily Chooses Evils -- Socratic Intellectualism -- The Unity of Courage and Wisdom -- “Plato�s Moral Theory� -- Conclusion -- Translation -- INDEX |
| Summary |
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 Plato's works. In his detailed commentary, Allen closely examines the major themes and central arguments of each dialogue, with particular emphasis on Protagoras. He clarifies each of Plato's arguments and its refutation; places the themes in historical perspective; ties each theme to interpretations of rival translations; and links the philosopher's thought to trends in late modern philosophy. Topics discussed include: whether virtue is an art, whether wisdom and courage are logically equivalent, whether virtue is knowledge, and whether to know the good is to do it. Allen connects his discussion of these issues to the Benthamite tradition of hedonism and utilitarianism and to the ethical theories of Mill, Sidgwick, Moore, and Freud |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Imaginary conversations -- Early works to 1800
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy
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philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Imaginary conversations
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Philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Allen, Reginald E., 1931-2007.
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| ISBN |
9780300138382 |
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0300138385 |
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9780300074383 |
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0300074387 |
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128172906X |
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9781281729064 |
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9786611729066 |
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6611729062 |
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