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| Author | : Gerald M. Mara |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 1997-01-01 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780791432990 |
Focusing on the speeches and actions of the Platonic Socrates, this book argues that Plato's political philosophy is a crucial source for reflection on the hazards and possibilities of democratic politics.
| Author | : Mary P. Nichols |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 1987-01-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780887063954 |
This book takes a fresh look at Socrates as he appeared to three ancient writers: Aristophanes, who attacked him for his theoretical studies; Plato, who immortalized him in his dialogues; and Aristotle, who criticized his political views. It addresses the questions of the interrelation of politics and philosophy by looking at Aristophanes' Clouds, Plato's Republic, and Book II of Aristotle's Politics--three sides of a debate on the value of Socrates' philosophic life. Mary Nichols first discusses the relation between Aristophanes and Plato, showing that the city as Socrates' place of activity in the Republic resembles the philosophic thinktank mocked in Aristophanes' Clouds. By representing the extremes of the Republic's city, Plato shows that the dangers attributed by Aristophanes to the city are actually inherent in political life itself. They were to be moderated by Socratic political philosophy rather than Aristophanean comedy. Nichols concludes by showing how Aristotle addressed the question at issue between Plato and Aristophanes when he founded his political science. Judging Plato's and Aristophanes' positions as partial, Nichols argues that Aristotle based his political science on the necessity to philosophy of political involvement and the necessity to politics of philosophical thought.
| Author | : Joel Alden Schlosser |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2014-07-14 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1316021238 |
Socrates continues to be an extremely influential force to this day; his work is featured prominently in the work of contemporary thinkers ranging from Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss, to Michel Foucault and Jacques Rancière. Intervening in this discussion, What Would Socrates Do? reconstructs Socrates' philosophy in ancient Athens to show its promise of empowering citizens and non-citizens alike. By drawing them into collective practices of dialogue and reflection, philosophy can help people to become thinking, acting beings more capable of fully realizing the promises of political life. At the same time, however, Joel Alden Schlosser shows how these practices' commitment to interrogation keeps philosophy at a distance from the democratic status quo, creating a dissonance with conventional forms of politics that opens space for new forms of participation and critical contestation of extant ones.
| Author | : Gerald M. Mara |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2008-07-15 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0791477991 |
This book argues that classical political philosophy, represented in the works of Thucydides and Plato, is an important resource for both contemporary democratic political theory and democratic citizens. By placing the Platonic dialogues and Thucydides' History in conversation with four significant forms of modern democratic theory—the rational choice perspective, deliberative democratic theory, the interpretation of democratic culture, and postmodernism—Gerald M. Mara contends that these classical authors are not enemies of democracy. Rather than arguing for the creation of a more encompassing theoretical framework guided by classical concerns, Mara offers readings that emphasize the need to focus critically on the purposes of politics, and therefore of democracy, as controversial yet unavoidable questions for political theory.
| Author | : Eugene H. Perry |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2011-06-22 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1462019897 |
This is the story of a reform minded man who translated his interest in liberal education and academic freedom into a unique interpretation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Although he died in 1964 his interpretation is still being applied to free speech cases that come before the U.S. Supreme Court. In the early days of the 20th century he was Dean at Brown University, President of Amherst College and founder of the Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin. In the xenophobic aftermath of World War II he became a national leader in defense of political speech. This led him into a dialogue with justices of the Supreme Court, despite the fact he had no formal training in the law. His theory of the First Amendment holds that its provision for free speech exists as much for the publics need to hear and know as it does for the individuals right to speak.
| Author | : Alex Priou |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1580469191 |
A rigorous investigation of Socrates' early education, pinpointing the thought that led Socrates to turn from natural science to the study of morality, ethics, and politics
| Author | : A. E. Taylor |
| Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 117 |
| Release | : 2011-03-23 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1446546268 |
This antiquarian book contains Alfred Edward Taylor's fascinating account of the life and mind of Socrates. Within this text Taylor explores Socrates' life and thinking, as well as expounding his philosophy with relation to the understanding of the soul, ethics, and epistemology. It is a clear, concise, and accessible account of his subject, recommended for anyone studying ancient Greek philosophy - and those with an interest in Socrates. The contents of this text include: 'Alfred Edward Taylor', 'The Early Life of Socrates', 'The Later Life of Socrates: His Trail and Death', 'The Thought of Socrates', and 'Bibliographical Notes'. We are republishing this vintage work now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
| Author | : Thomas C. Brickhouse |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 351 |
| Release | : 1990-09-04 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0691019002 |
Thomas Brickhouse and Nicholas Smith offer a comprehensive historical and philosophical interpretation of, and commentary on, one of Plato's most widely read works, the Apology of Socrates. Virtually every modern interpretation characterizes some part of what Socrates says in the Apology as purposefully irrelevant or even antithetical to convincing the jury to acquit him at his trial. This book, by contrast, argues persuasively that Socrates offers a sincere and well-reasoned defense against the charges he faces. First, the authors establish a consensus of ancient reports about Socrates' moral and religious principles and show that these prohibit him from needlessly risking the condemnation of the jury. Second, they consider each specific claim made by Socrates in the Apology and show how each can be construed as an honest effort to inform the jurors of the truth and to convince them of his blamelessness. The arguments of this book are informed by a critical review of the scholarly literature and careful attention to the philosophy expressed in Plato's other early dialogues.
| Author | : Gregory Vlastos |
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| Author | : Ellen Meiksins Wood |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 1978 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
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