Socrates and Self-Knowledge. - MOORE, Chr.,
KORTE INHOUD
?Where does the ?gnôthi sauton? come from, and what exactly doet it mean? How does one respond to this command, and what differences does it make? In ?Socrates and Self-Knowledge, Christopher Moore takes up these weighty questions, arguing that ?gnôthi sauton? touches the heart of the Socratic project. Many scholars have resisted this claim, which is a challenge Moore surmounts in his Introduction (Chapter I). In terms of scope, Moore limits himself to Socratic literature that explores self-knowledge explicitly in connection with the Delphic precept (xiv). Naturally, this delimitation excludes several key Platonic texts (?Republic?, ?Theaetetus?) and includes some of Xenophon?s corpus. Although prepared from the Preface, this shift from Platonic to Xenophontic sources may feel lopsided. The penultimate chapter on ?Memorabilia 4.2, for example, seems scanty (19 pages, 16 footnotes) when compared to Moore?s robust reading of the ?Phaedrus? (48 pages, 93 footnotes). Far from flagging a limping finish, however, t...
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2017Uitgever: Cambridge University Press293 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1107558476ISBN-13: 9781107558472Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge (....), 2017. 1st paperback ed. XVII,275p. Paperback. [New] [Auteur: MOORE, Chr.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2017] [Titel: Socrates and Self-Knowledge.]
