Xenophon's Socratic Education : : Reason, Religion, and the Limits of Politics / / Dustin Sebell.
It is well known that Socrates was executed by the city of Athens for not believing in the gods and for corrupting the youth. Despite this, it is not widely known what he really thought, or taught the youth to think, about philosophy, the gods, and political affairs. Of the few authors we rely on fo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART ONE
- Chapter 1. Socratic Rhetoric
- Chapter 2. Can Politics Be Taught?
- PART TWO
- Chapter 3. Justice and the Weakness of Writing
- Chapter 4. Self- Knowledge and the Hope for Happiness
- PART THREE
- Chapter 5. “Natural Theology”
- Chapter 6. “Natural Law”
- Chapter 7. The Foundation of Wisdom
- Chapter 8. The (Rhetorical Treatment of the) Dialectical Method
- Chapter 9. Human Wisdom and Divine Providence
- Notes
- Index