Dialogue and Discovery

Main
Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology
Dialogue and Discovery

Dialogue and Discovery

Name: Dialogue and Discovery
ISBN: 9780887063367

Kenneth Seeskin

0 / 0

0 comments

Колко ви харесва тази книга?

Какво е качеството на файла?

Изтеглете книгата за оценка на качеството

Какво е качеството на изтеглените файлове?

This book examines the Socratic method of elenchus or refutation. Refutation by its very nature is a conflict which in the hands of Plato becomes high drama. The continuing conversation in which it occurs is more a test of character than of intellect. Dialogue and Discovery shows that, in his conversations, Socrates seeks to define moral qualities--moral essences--with the goal of improving the soul of the respondent. Ethics underlies epistemology because the discovery of philosophic truth imposes moral demands on the respondent. The recognition that moral qualities such as honesty, humility, and courage are necessary to successful inquiry is the key to the understanding of the Socratic paradox that virtue is knowledge. The dialogues receiving the most emphasis are the Apology, Gorgias, Protagoras, and Meno.

Категории:

Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology

Година:

1987

Издателство:

State University of New York Press

Език:

english

ISBN 10:

0887063365

ISBN 13:

9780887063367