Socratic Virtue. Making the Best of the Neither-Good-Nor-Bad. - RESHOTKO, Naomi,
Making the Best of the Neither-Good-Nor-Bad
KORTE INHOUD
'In Socratic Virtue, Naomi Reshotko gives a careful and systematic account of these Socratic claims that is intended 'both as an interpretation of Socrates' views and as a viable philosophy of motivation and goodness in human action' (p. xi). As the title indicates, Reshotko's interpretive focal point is the notion of the neither-good-nor-bad found in key passages of the Gorgias, Euthydemus, Meno, and Lysis. Anyone writing about the philosophy of Socrates must reckon with the Socratic problem. In the introduction Reshotko briefly appeals to stylometric considerations and to the testimony of Aristotle to support her suspicion that the views she presents 'did originate with the historical Socrates' (p. 11). The introduction also makes it clear that Reshotko will be trying to extract or reconstruct a positive philosophy from a particular group of dialogues that can in some useful sense be regarded as 'Socratic'. (...) Those who work on Socrates are engaged in an exciting and never-ending discussion about how bes...
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Cambridge (...), 2006. XIV,204p. Hard bound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Nice copy. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: RESHOTKO, Naomi,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: Socratic Virtue. Making the Best of the Neither-Good-Nor-Bad.]
