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Socratic ignorance and Platonic knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato
- Title
- Socratic ignorance and Platonic knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato / Sara Ahbel-Rappe.
- Author
- Ahbel-Rappe, Sara, 1960-
- Publication
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xxxviii, 258 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In this highly original and provocative book, Sara Ahbel-Rappe argues that the Platonic dialogues contain an esoteric Socrates who signifies a profound commitment to self-knowledge and whose appearances in the dialogues are meant to foster the practice of self-inquiry. According to Ahbel-Rappe, the elenchus, or inner examination, and the thesis that virtue is knowledge, are tools for a contemplative practice that teaches us how to investigate the mind and its objects directly. In other words, the Socratic persona of the dialogues represents wisdom, which is distinct from and serves as the larger space in which Platonic knowledge--ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics--is constructed. Ahbel-Rappe offers complete readings of the Apology, Charmides, Alcibiades I, Euthyphro, Lysis, Phaedrus, Theaetetus, and Parmenides, as well as parts of the Republic. Her interpretation challenges two common approaches to the figure of Socrates: the thesis that the dialogues represent an "early" Plato who later disavows his reliance on Socratic wisdom, and the thesis that Socratic ethics can best be expressed by the construct of eudaimonism or egoism--back cover.
- Series Statement
- SUNY series in western esoteric traditions
- Uniform Title
- SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-6095
- ISBN
- 9781438469270
- 1438469276
- LCCN
- 2017023405
- OCLC
- 1009151313
- Author
- Ahbel-Rappe, Sara, 1960- author.
- Title
- Socratic ignorance and Platonic knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato / Sara Ahbel-Rappe.
- Publisher
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- SUNY series in western esoteric traditionsSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-6095