Research Catalog

Title

Socrates : fictions of a philosopher / Sarah Kofman ; translated by Catherine Porter.

Author

Kofman, Sarah.

Publication

London : Athlone Press, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Porter, Catherine.

Description

vii, 296 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Socrates is an elusive figure, Sarah Kofman asserts, and he is necessarily so since he did not write or directly state his beliefs. Kofman suggests that Socrates' avowal of ignorance was meant to be ironic. Later philosophers who interpreted his text invariably resisted the profoundly ironic character of his way of life and diverged widely in their interpretations of him. Kofman focuses especially on the views of Plato, Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche.

Uniform Title

Socrate(s). English

Alternative Title

Socrate(s).

Subject

• Socrates
• Socrates
• Socrates v469-v399
• Geschichte
• Rezeption

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-288) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Representations of Socrates -- I. Plato's Socrates(es). A. Socrates and His Twins (The Socrates[es] of Plato's Symposium). B. Plato's Chimerical Socrates, as Seen by Nietzsche -- II. Hegel's Two-Faced Socrates -- Introduction: Putting Socrates in His Place. 1. Life and Philosophy Intertwined. 2. The Socratic Moment. 3. Socrates' Tragic Death. 4. Socrates' Life. 5. The Philosophy -- III. Kierkegaard's "Socrates": Socrates Under an Ironic Lens -- Introduction: Socrates Displaced. 1. An Impossible Painting. 2. Conception Becomes Possible. 3. Conception Becomes Real: The Undeniable "Facts" 4. Conception Becomes Necessary: Irony, Gift of the Gods -- IV. Nietzsche's Socrates(es): "Who" is Socrates? 1. Fascination with Doubles. 2. A Perplexing Case. 3. A Pure, Monolithic Type. 4. Monomania. 5. Socrates as Artist. 6. Irony. 7. Socrates as Jew -- V. Conclusion: Three Socratic Novels.

ISBN

• 0485114607
• 9780485114607

OCLC

• ocm39842101
• 39842101
• SCSB-9457052

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library