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245 04 $aThe Cambridge companion to Socrates /$cedited by Donald R. Morrison.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $axviii, 413 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aCambridge companions to philosophy
520 $a"The Cambridge Companion to Socrates is a collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. Because Socrates himself wrote nothing, our evidence comes from the writings of his friends (above all Plato), his enemies, and later writers. Socrates is thus a literary figure as well as a historical person. Both aspects of Socrates' legacy are covered in this volume. Socrates' character is full of paradox, and so are his philosophical views. These paradoxes have led to deep differences in scholar's interpretation of Socrates and his thought. Mirroring this wide range of thought about Socrates, this volume's contributors are unusually diverse in their background and perspective. The essays in this volume were authored by classical philologists, philosophers, and historians from Germany, Francophone Canada, Britain, and the United States, and they represent a range of interpretive and philosophical traditions"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. The rise and fall of the Socratic problem Louis-Andre; Dorion; 2. The students of Socrates Klaus Döring; 3. Xenophon and the enviable life of Socrates David K. O'Connor; 4. Socrates in Aristophanes' Clouds David Konstan; 5. Socrates and the new learning Paul Woodruff; 6. Socratic religion Mark L. McPherran; 7. Socrates and democratic Athens Josiah Ober; 8. Socratic method Hugh H. Benson; 9. Self-examination Christopher Rowe; 10. Socratic ignorance Richard Bett; 11. Reconsidering Socratic irony Melissa Lane; 12. Socratic ethics and the Socratic psychology of action: a philosophical framework Terry Penner; 13. Socrates and Eudaimonia Christopher Bobonich; 14. Socrates' political philosophy Charles L. Griswold; 15. Socrates in later Greek philosophy A. A. Long.
600 00 $aSocrates.
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical$2bisacsh.
700 1 $aMorrison, Donald R.,$d1954-
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856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010039160-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010039160-t.html