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Socrates on the Life of Philosophical InquiryLaches’ First Definition of Andreia (190e4–192b8)

Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry: Laches’ First Definition of Andreia (190e4–192b8) [By broadening the field of application of andreia, SocratesSocrates places it in pleasures, pains, desires and fearsFear, and thereby in the individual human’s relationship with himself and his passions. In this way, he criticizes the traditional ethics that limits andreia to activity in war and identifies it with supremacy with war alone. Secondly—and equally importantly—Socrates stresses that andreia—and its opposite, deilia—is acquired in the aforementioned cases (pains, pleasures, desires and fearsFear). The presentation of andreia as an acquired quality lands a strong blow on traditional ethics. Therefore, andreia no longer constitutes an inherent quality that is passed down from one aristocratic generation to the next, but is something acquired through the individual’s practice. Andreios is the man who performs deeds of andreia.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Socrates on the Life of Philosophical InquiryLaches’ First Definition of Andreia (190e4–192b8)

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
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978-3-030-04187-8
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55 –60
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10.1007/978-3-030-04188-5_6
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[By broadening the field of application of andreia, SocratesSocrates places it in pleasures, pains, desires and fearsFear, and thereby in the individual human’s relationship with himself and his passions. In this way, he criticizes the traditional ethics that limits andreia to activity in war and identifies it with supremacy with war alone. Secondly—and equally importantly—Socrates stresses that andreia—and its opposite, deilia—is acquired in the aforementioned cases (pains, pleasures, desires and fearsFear). The presentation of andreia as an acquired quality lands a strong blow on traditional ethics. Therefore, andreia no longer constitutes an inherent quality that is passed down from one aristocratic generation to the next, but is something acquired through the individual’s practice. Andreios is the man who performs deeds of andreia.]

Published: Nov 29, 2018

Keywords: Human passions; Deeds of andreia

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