Ulteriori informazioni
Socrates, the largely enigmatic Greek thinker, has had a remarkably enduring influence on virtually every area of philosophical enterprise. The Bloomsbury Companion to Socrates introduces readers to the main issues in the philosophy of Socrates.With 13 different sections, this Companion presents an overview of current research in the various features, themes and topics apparent in Socrates'' thought, including Socratic irony, metaphysics, epistemology, happiness, virtue, moral psychology, philosophy of love, political philosophy, and religious belief. With additional chapters on the historical Socrates and his prosecution by the democracy of Athens, this is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Socrates'' life and death, character and philosophical concerns.Written by a team of leading experts in the field of ancient philosophy and concluding with a thoroughly comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, The Bloomsbury Companion to Socrates is an essential introduction to this founder of Western philosophy.>
Sommario
List of Contributors \ Preface \ 1. The Quest for the Historical Socrates
Robin Waterfield \ 2. Socratic Irony
Iakovos Vasiliou \ 3. Socratic Philosophizing
David Wolfsdorf \ 4. Socratric Metaphysics
William J. Prior \ 5. Socratic Ignorance and Types of Knowledge
Keith McPartland \ 6. The Priority of Definition
Hugh H. Benson \ 7. Socratic Eudaimonism
Naomi Reshotko \ 8. Socratic Moral Psychology
Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith \ 9. Socrates on Love
Suzanne Obdrzalek \ 10. Socrates' Political Philosophy
Curtis N. Johnson \ 11. Socratic Theology and Piety
Mark L. McPherran \ 12. Socrates' Religious Experiences
John Bussanich \ 13. The Politics of Impiety: Why was Socrates Prosecuted by the Athenian Democracy?
Mark Ralkowski \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index
Info autore
John Bussanich is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico, USA. He is the author of The One and its Relation to Intellect in Plotinus (Brill, 1988) and co-editor of the journal Ancient Philosophy.
Nicholas D. Smith is James F. Miller Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Lewis & Clark College, USA.
