Politics in Socrates' Alcibiades A Philosophical Account of Plato’s Dialogue Alcibiades Major /

• Main Author: Archie, Andre (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Political theory.; Philosophy, Ancient.; Political philosophy.; Classical Philosophy.; Political Theory.; Political Philosophy.

This volume provides the first full, political and philosophically rigorous account of Plato’s dialogue Alcibiades Major. The book argues that Alcibiades Major accomplishes its goal, which is to redirect Alcibiades’ political ambitions, not by arguing for specific propositions based on specific prem...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Method and Structure in Plato’s Alcibiades Major
• Alcibiades Major and Women
• Chapter 3: The Philosophical and Political Structure of Plato’s Alcibiades Major
• Chapter 4: “Listen, Alcibiades”
• Alcibiades Major and Political Decisions
• Chapter 5: Instances of Decision Theory in Plato’s Alcibiades Major, Minor and in Xenophon’s Memorabilia
• Alcibiades Major and Political Priorities
• Chapter 6: Eudaimonia: Happiness and Priorities in Plato’s Alcibiades Major and Plato’s Apology
• Alcibiades Major and Listening Philosophically
• Chapter 7: Listening to Plutarch’s Alcibiades in Plato’s Alcibiades Major
• Chapter 8: Conclusion
• Addenda 1 and 2.