Socrates and the State / / Richard Kraut.

• VerfasserIn: Kraut, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©1984
• Ano de Publicação: 2022
• Idioma: English
• Descrição Física: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; I PRELIMINARIES --; II JUSTICE, AGREEMENT, AND DESTRUCTION --; III PERSUADE OR OBEY --; IV CITIZENS AND OFFSPRING --; V PRIVATE PERSONS AND GENERALIZATION --; VI DOKIMASIA, SATISFACTION, AND AGREEMENT --; VII SOCRATES AND DEMOCRACY --; VIII DEFINITION, KNOWLEDGE, AND TEACHING --; APPENDIX Perplexity in the Hippias Minor --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; GENERAL INDEX --; INDEX OF PASSAGES
• Resumo: This fresh outlook on Socrates' political philosophy in Plato's early dialogues argues that it is both more subtle and less authoritarian than has been supposed. Focusing on the Crito, Richard Kraut shows that Plato explains Socrates' refusal to escape from jail and his acceptance of the death penalty as arising not from a philosophy that requires blind obedience to every legal command but from a highly balanced compromise between the state and the citizen. In addition, Professor Kraut contends that our contemporary notions of civil disobedience and generalization arguments are not present in this dialogue.
• Formato: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691242927
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691242927?locatt=mode:legacy
• Acesso: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard Kraut.

This fresh outlook on Socrates' political philosophy in Plato's early dialogues argues that it is both more subtle and less authoritarian than has been supposed. Focusing on the Crito, Richard Kraut shows that Plato explains Socrates' refusal to escape from jail and his acceptance of...