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Plato's stepping stones : degrees of moral virtue

Title
Plato's stepping stones : degrees of moral virtue / Michael Cormack.
Author
Cormack, Michael.
Publication
London ; New York : Continuum, 2006.

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Description
148 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"One of the fundamental tenets of Platonism is the assertion that 'virtue is knowledge'. Yet Socrates and the other characters in Plato's dialogues do not maintain consistent views on the role of knowledge in virtue. This book harmonizes these inconsistencies and develops a new interpretation of the puzzling claim that virtue is knowledge."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Continuum studies in ancient philosophy
Uniform Title
Continuum studies in ancient philosophy
Subject
  • Plato
  • Flaemmings, Friederich
  • Plato v427-v347
  • Glück,..
  • Plato, 428-348 v.Chr
  • Dialogues (Plato)
  • Virtue
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • epistemology
  • 08.21 Ancient philosophy
  • Tugend
  • Glück
  • Ethiek
  • Kennistheorie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-143) and index.
Contents
Interpreting the dialogues -- The craft analogy in the early dialogues -- Potential difficulties with the craft analogy -- Virtue and its acquisition -- Degrees of virtue in the middle dialogues -- The role of knowledge in virtue.
ISBN
  • 9780826488084
  • 0826488080
LCCN
2007271421
OCLC
  • ocm76941684
  • 76941684
  • SCSB-9457602
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library