The Cambridge Companion to Socrates
Part of Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
- Author: Donald R. Morrison, Rice University, Houston
- Date Published: January 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521541039
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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 scholars' interpretations 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.
Read more- Features both historical and interpretive chapters, each defining 'Socrates' in different ways
- Helps readers grasp the complexities surrounding the historical Socrates and his influence as well as his philosophical importance
- Represents a variety of approaches to Socrates, helping readers to explore important issues in more depth
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'This volume not only offers a coherent introduction to different aspects of Socrates for beginners in the field of study but also serves scholars who are experts in the field by discussing problems in major areas of Socratic research. Every essay is accessible, well informed, detailed, learned, and systematic in its presentation. The collection is a major achievement and will be an excellent tool for research. It will be read with profit by anyone who is interested in one of the most inspiring and influential figures of antiquity.' Michael Erler, University of Würzburg
See more reviews'This volume is as authoritative as it is diverse. Donald Morrison is to be congratulated for having assembled a stellar group of contributors from a variety of fields and of scholarly backgrounds, who between them do justice to the 'contested territory' that is Socrates - all within the convenient limits of a quite compact volume.' G. R. F. Ferrari, University of California, Berkeley
'Donald Morrison's volume brings together some of the best recent work on Socrates, representing a wide variety of approaches to this subject. It is a substantial contribution to Socratic studies and should prove to be an indispensable tool for further research.' Richard Kraut, Northwestern University
'This is a good book, and is more manageable in scope and half as expensive as the rival Blackwell Companion to Socrates. Donald Morrison deserves great credit for ably assembling an all-star team of contributors, and he includes a selective and well-organized bibliography and an index locorum.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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- Date Published: January 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521541039
- length: 436 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.58kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. The rise and fall of the Socratic problem Louis-André 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.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Ethics
- Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy
- History of Western Philosophy I
- Socrates and Jesus
- Theoretical Approaches to Law
- Topics in Ancient Philosophy (Socrates)
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