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Socrates on the Life of Philosophical InquiryNicias and Laches Give Their Consent to Socrates’ Cross-Questioning (187b8–189d3)

Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry: Nicias and Laches Give Their Consent to Socrates’... [Plato finds a way here to present the nature of the Socratic dialectic in Socrates’ interlocutor’s mouth. After the presentation of the main features of the other dramatis personaeDramatis personae, he manages to show, in full contrast, what SocratesSocrates’ philosophical activity has to offer, a little before the dialectic discussionDialectic (method)discussion begins. In this way, Plato achieves a double goal: (a) he presents the outstanding feature of Socrates’ dialectic in the form of an extended reply, purifying it from the quality given to it by his interlocutors under the influence of their own erroneous ideology; and (b) he anticipates the end of the dialogue and the important victory of the Socratic elenchusElenchus by presenting the significance of philosophical discussion in human life.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Socrates on the Life of Philosophical InquiryNicias and Laches Give Their Consent to Socrates’ Cross-Questioning (187b8–189d3)

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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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39 –45
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10.1007/978-3-030-04188-5_4
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[Plato finds a way here to present the nature of the Socratic dialectic in Socrates’ interlocutor’s mouth. After the presentation of the main features of the other dramatis personaeDramatis personae, he manages to show, in full contrast, what SocratesSocrates’ philosophical activity has to offer, a little before the dialectic discussionDialectic (method)discussion begins. In this way, Plato achieves a double goal: (a) he presents the outstanding feature of Socrates’ dialectic in the form of an extended reply, purifying it from the quality given to it by his interlocutors under the influence of their own erroneous ideology; and (b) he anticipates the end of the dialogue and the important victory of the Socratic elenchusElenchus by presenting the significance of philosophical discussion in human life.]

Published: Nov 29, 2018

Keywords: Erroneous ideology; Socratic dialectic

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