Socrates in the Cave On the Philosopher's Motive in Plato /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Diduch, Paul J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Harding, Michael P. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Recovering Political Philosophy,
• Subjects: Political theory.; Political philosophy.; Political Theory.; Political Philosophy.

This book addresses the problem of fully explaining Socrates' motives for philosophic interlocution in Plato's dialogues. Why, for instance, does Socrates talk to many philosophically immature and seemingly incapable interlocutors? Are his motives in these cases moral, prudential, erotic,...