{"product_id":"socrates-and-philosophy-in-the-dialogues-of-plato-hardback-9780521190619","title":"Socrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato (Hardback) 9780521190619","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book by Sandra Peterson presents a theory regarding the contrasting portrayals of Socrates within the dialogues of Plato.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSandra Peterson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521190619, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.1 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...Peterson’s book has several things to recommend it. Her central thesis is  provocative, and the view she develops is original, systematic, and thoughtfully  conceived. Moreover, her discussions of key passages are full of incisive and interesting observations.... the sharp observations and commentary on the  dialogues that she offers throughout the book make this a worthwhile read.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Josh Wilburn, University of Victoria, Philosophy in Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn Plato's Apology, Socrates says he spent his life examining and questioning people on how best to live, while avowing that he himself knows nothing important. Elsewhere, however, for example in Plato's Republic, Plato's Socrates presents radical and grandiose theses. In this book Sandra Peterson offers a hypothesis which explains the puzzle of Socrates' two contrasting manners. She argues that the apparently confident doctrinal Socrates is in fact conducting the first step of an examination: by eliciting his interlocutors' reactions, his apparently doctrinal lectures reveal what his interlocutors believe is the best way to live. She tests her hypothesis by close reading of passages in the Theaetetus, Republic and Phaedo. Her provocative conclusion, that there is a single Socrates whose conception and practice of philosophy remain the same throughout the dialogues, will be of interest to a wide range of readers in ancient philosophy and classics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Opposed hypotheses about Plato's dialogues\u003cbr\u003e 2. Socrates in the Apology\u003cbr\u003e 3. Socrates in the digression of the Theaetetus: extraction by declaration\u003cbr\u003e 4. Socrates in the Republic, part I: speech and counter-speech\u003cbr\u003e 5. Socrates in the Republic, part II: philosophers, forms, Glaucon and Adeimantus\u003cbr\u003e 6. Socrates in the Phaedo: another persuasion assignment\u003cbr\u003e 7. Others' conceptions of philosophy in Euthydemus, Lovers, and Sophist\u003cbr\u003e 8. Socrates and Plato in Plato's dialogues\u003cbr\u003e 9. Socrates and philosophy\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20Ancient,%20to%20c%20500%20%5BHPCA%5D%22\"\u003eHPCA\u003c\/a\u003e], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006804873496,"sku":"9780521190619","price":61.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521190619i_0d233767-2eea-4377-9ecc-ab5af2eae706.jpg?v=1691373506","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/socrates-and-philosophy-in-the-dialogues-of-plato-hardback-9780521190619","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}