| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 283 pages) |
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Sather classical lectures ; v. 61 |
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Sather classical lectures ; v. 61
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| Contents |
Silence -- Platonic irony: author and audience -- Socratic irony: character and interlocutors -- Socratic irony: character and author -- Voices -- A face for Socrates' reason: Montaigne's "Of physiognomy" -- A reason for Socrates' face: Nietzsche on "The problem of Socrates" -- A fare for Socrates' reason: Foucault on The care of the self |
| Summary |
In modern times, philosophy has been a theoretical discipline rather than a practice or mode of life. In antiquity, however, Greek and Roman philosophers of all stripes turned to Socrates as the model of what a truly philosophical life should be. The idea of a philosophical life, and of philosophy as the art of living, though it is now in neglect among professional philosophers, has survived in the works of such major modern authors as Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Why does each of these philosophers, fundamentally concerned with their own originality, return, like their ancient predecessors, to Socrates as their model? Why do they need a model at all? And why is the Socrates of Plato's dialogues suitable as a model? Uniquely, Socrates shows by example the way toward establishing an individual mode of life, a way that will not force his followers to repeat the life of Socrates but will compel them to search for their own |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Socrates
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| SUBJECT |
Socrates fast |
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Conduct of life.
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Philosophers -- Conduct of life
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ethics (philosophical concept)
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
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Conduct of life
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Filosofie.
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Levenskunst.
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Filosofia antiga.
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Filosofia socrática.
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Modo de vida (filosofia)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97025834 |
| ISBN |
9780520925519 |
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0520925513 |
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0585329818 |
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9780585329819 |
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