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Socrates on the Life of Philosophical InquirySocrates Initiates the Dialectic Discussion (189d4–190e3)

Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry: Socrates Initiates the Dialectic Discussion... [SocratesSocrates, whoDialectic (method)discussion stands as the Platonic example of the transmission of the greatest goodGood/beneficial (agathos, agathon)the highest/greatest/ultimate good/benefit to humans, every time starts the dialectic discussionDialectic (method)discussion encouraging humans to know aretēAretē, to practice it and, therefore, to become kaloi kagathoi in their souls. Socrates’ dynamic and drastic innovation is theVirtue (aretē)widening/extension of virtue extension of aretēAretē, which was identified by his interlocutors, as representatives of the aristocratic ideology, with andreia. Socrates extends the semantic content of aretēAretē, which now includes not only andreia, a fact which however his interlocutor does not seem to realize.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Socrates on the Life of Philosophical InquirySocrates Initiates the Dialectic Discussion (189d4–190e3)

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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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47 –53
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10.1007/978-3-030-04188-5_5
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[SocratesSocrates, whoDialectic (method)discussion stands as the Platonic example of the transmission of the greatest goodGood/beneficial (agathos, agathon)the highest/greatest/ultimate good/benefit to humans, every time starts the dialectic discussionDialectic (method)discussion encouraging humans to know aretēAretē, to practice it and, therefore, to become kaloi kagathoi in their souls. Socrates’ dynamic and drastic innovation is theVirtue (aretē)widening/extension of virtue extension of aretēAretē, which was identified by his interlocutors, as representatives of the aristocratic ideology, with andreia. Socrates extends the semantic content of aretēAretē, which now includes not only andreia, a fact which however his interlocutor does not seem to realize.]

Published: Nov 29, 2018

Keywords: Extension of aretē; Kalos kagathos; Andreia

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