Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry A Companion to Plato's Laches /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Stefou, Konstantinos (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Θέματα: Philosophy, Ancient.; Philology.; Classical literature.; Classical Philosophy.; Classical Studies.; Classical and Antique Literature.

This book offers the first systematic reading of Plato's Laches in English after three decades of scholarly silence. It rekindles interest in this much-neglected dialogue by providing a fresh discussion of the major issues that arise from the text. Among these issues, pride of place is taken by...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations and conventions,- Introduction,- Chapter 1: The preamble (178a1-181d7)
• Chapter 2: Nicias' and Laches' speeches on 'fighting in armor' (hoplomachia) (181d8-184d4)
• Chapter 3: Socrates' proposed methodology (184d5-187b7)
• Chapter 4: Nicias and Laches give their consent to Socrates' cross-questioning (187b8-189d3)
• Chapter 5: Socrates initiates the dialectic discussion (189d4-190e3)
• Chapter 6: Laches' first definition of andreia (190e4-192b8)
• Chapter 7: Laches' second definition of andreia (192b9-194b7)
• Chapter 8: Invitation of Nicias to the discussion (194b8-194e10)
• Chapter 9: Nicias' definition of andreia and its elenchus led by Laches (194e11-196b7)
• Chapter 10: Socrates' first examination of Nicias' definition, after Laches steps back (196c1-197e5)
• Chapter 11: Socrates' refutation of Nicias' definition (197e6-200a3)
• Chapter 12: The end of the dialogue (200a4-201c5)
• Conclusion
• General Index.