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Socrates on the Life of Philosophical InquirySocrates’ First Examination of Nicias’ Definition, After Laches Steps Back (196c1–197e5)

Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry: Socrates’ First Examination of Nicias’ Definition,... [By clarifying the separation of aretēaretē, Socrates tries to prove the significance of sophia and its position in relation to the other virtues. Platonic ironyirony is seen to be at work here, through which two goals are achieved: (a) the refutation of SocratesSocrates’ current interlocutor’s actions as the city’s leader, which are actions not founded on knowledge, but on ‘appearing’, as also becomes evident from the pretentious—and, finally, erroneous—appropriation of Socrates’ dialectic; and (b) the pre-announcement of thegood/beneficial (agathos, agathon): good politician-philosopher of the GorgiasGorgias and, later, the RepublicRepublic: the city leader must have a share in the greatest phronēsis, namely the knowledge (of the good) that stems from philosophical discussion.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Socrates on the Life of Philosophical InquirySocrates’ First Examination of Nicias’ Definition, After Laches Steps Back (196c1–197e5)

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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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79 –83
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10.1007/978-3-030-04188-5_10
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[By clarifying the separation of aretēaretē, Socrates tries to prove the significance of sophia and its position in relation to the other virtues. Platonic ironyirony is seen to be at work here, through which two goals are achieved: (a) the refutation of SocratesSocrates’ current interlocutor’s actions as the city’s leader, which are actions not founded on knowledge, but on ‘appearing’, as also becomes evident from the pretentious—and, finally, erroneous—appropriation of Socrates’ dialectic; and (b) the pre-announcement of thegood/beneficial (agathos, agathon): good politician-philosopher of the GorgiasGorgias and, later, the RepublicRepublic: the city leader must have a share in the greatest phronēsis, namely the knowledge (of the good) that stems from philosophical discussion.]

Published: Nov 29, 2018

Keywords: Separation of aretē; Good politician-philosopher

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