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Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. * A survey exploring the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. * Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him.

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Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with himCovers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to contemporary European philosophyExamines Socrates' place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary EuropeAddresses interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in artHelps readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages

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This Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy and provides an in-depth discussion of the various approaches to his philosophy. Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, the volume covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to the present day. The contributors review Socrates' life and the key philosophical doctrines associated with him, and examine Socrates' place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe. They consider interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art. This distinctive Companion will help readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages.

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This Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy and provides an in-depth discussion of the various approaches to his philosophy. Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, the volume covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to the present day. The contributors review Socrates' life and the key philosophical doctrines associated with him, and examine Socrates' place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe. They consider interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art. This distinctive Companion will help readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages.

Author Biography

Sara Ahbel-Rappe is Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Reading Neoplatonism (2000) and a translation of Damascius' Doubts and Solutions Concerning First Principles (forthcoming).Rachana Kamtekar is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors x Preface xiv Acknowledgments xxiv PART ONE: SOCRATES IN ANTIQUITY Section I: Biography and Sources 1 The Trial and Death of Socrates 5Debra Nails 2 Socrates and Euripides 21Christian Wildberg 3 Socrates Among the Sophists 36Paul Woodruff 4 Socrates the Freethinker 48Richard Janko 5 How Does Socrates' Divine Sign Communicate with Him? 63A. A. Long 6 Socrates, Antisthenes, and the Cynics 75Susan Prince 7 Xenophon's Socrates 93Louis-André Dorion 8 Picturing Socrates 110Kenneth Lapatin Section II: Plato 9 Socrates in Plato's Dialogues 159Christopher Rowe 10 No One Errs Willingly: The Meaning of Socratic Intellectualism 171Heda Segvic 11 Socratic Love 186George Rudebusch 12 Socrates and Religious Experience 200John Bussanich 13 The Politics of Plato's Socrates 214Rachana Kamtekar 14 The Examined Life 228Richard Kraut 15 Socrates: Seeker or Preacher? 243Roslyn Weiss 16 Socratic Method and Socratic Truth 254Harold Tarrant Section III: Hellenistic Philosophy 17 Socrates in the Stoa 275Eric Brown 18 Socrates and Epictetus 285Tad Brennan 19 Socrates and Skepticism 299Richard Bett PART TWO: SOCRATES AFTER ANTIQUITY Section IV: From the Medieval Period to Modernity 20 Socrates in Arabic Philosophy 317Ilai Alon 21 Socrates in the Italian Renaissance 337James Hankins 22 The Private Life of Socrates in Early Modern France 353Daniel R. McLean 23 Socrates in Hegel and Others 368Nicholas White Section V: The Modern Period 24 Kierkegaard's Socratic Point of View 389Paul Muench 25 Nietzsche and "The Problem of Socrates" 406James I. Porter 26 The Socratic Hermeneutics of Heidegger and Gadamer 426Francisco J. Gonzalez 27 The Socratic Method and Psychoanalysis 442Jonathan Lear 28 Lacan and Socrates 463Mark Buchan 29 From Grade School to Law School: Socrates' Legacy in Education 476Avi Mintz 30 Socrates' Definitional Inquiries and the History of Philosophy 493Hayden W. Ausland Index 511

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"Everyone interested in Socrates and his legacy will find something valuable in this book..." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"A remarkably rich and imaginative collection. Socrates was a philosopher who became a cultural icon; this book, with its massive historical range and its great variety of scholarly approach, does unique justice to his complexity."G.R.F. Ferrari, University of California, Berkeley"This is a stimulating collection that succeeds admirably in conveying the enormous range of responses that the ever puzzling Socrates has inspired through the ages, and continues to inspire. The essays on Plato's Socrates are fresh and vigorous, and the attention paid to later perspectives (from antiquity to the present, and especially recent centuries) helps make this volume a distinctive and unusually illuminating addition to Socratic studies. It should be a welcome companion to a figure who attracted devoted companions in his lifetime, and legions more ever since." Stephen White, University of Texas at Austin"Technical issues are treated thoroughly and comprehensibly and the state of knowledge on Socrates is comprehensively presented both for today and its historical contexts. Its subject matter will be of interest to non-specialists with a penchant for philosophy, or for the history of thoght, since there is as much of interest here about the influence of Socrates on later periods as there is on the thought of the philosopher himself." Reference Reviews

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This Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy and provides an in-depth discussion of the various approaches to his philosophy. Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, the volume covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to the present day. The contributors review Socrates life and the key philosophical doctrines associated with him, and examine Socrates place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe. They consider interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art. This distinctive Companion will help readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages.

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"Everyone interested in Socrates and his legacy will find something valuable in this book..." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"A remarkably rich and imaginative collection. Socrates was a philosopher who became a cultural icon; this book, with its massive historical range and its great variety of scholarly approach, does unique justice to his complexity."G.R.F. Ferrari, University of California, Berkeley"This is a stimulating collection that succeeds admirably in conveying the enormous range of responses that the ever puzzling Socrates has inspired through the ages, and continues to inspire. The essays on Plato's Socrates are fresh and vigorous, and the attention paid to later perspectives (from antiquity to the present, and especially recent centuries) helps make this volume a distinctive and unusually illuminating addition to Socratic studies. It should be a welcome companion to a figure who attracted devoted companions in his lifetime, and legions more ever since." Stephen White, University of Texas at Austin"Technical issues are treated thoroughly and comprehensibly and the state of knowledge on Socrates is comprehensively presented both for today and its historical contexts. Its subject matter will be of interest to non-specialists with a penchant for philosophy, or for the history of thoght, since there is as much of interest here about the influence of Socrates on later periods as there is on the thought of the philosopher himself." Reference Reviews

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"Everyone interested in Socrates and his legacy will find something valuable in this book..." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "A remarkably rich and imaginative collection. Socrates was a philosopher who became a cultural icon; this book, with its massive historical range and its great variety of scholarly approach, does unique justice to his complexity." G.R.F. Ferrari, University of California, Berkeley "This is a stimulating collection that succeeds admirably in conveying the enormous range of responses that the ever puzzling Socrates has inspired through the ages, and continues to inspire. The essays on Plato's Socrates are fresh and vigorous, and the attention paid to later perspectives (from antiquity to the present, and especially recent centuries) helps make this volume a distinctive and unusually illuminating addition to Socratic studies. It should be a welcome companion to a figure who attracted devoted companions in his lifetime, and legions more ever since." Stephen White, University of Texas at Austin "Technical issues are treated thoroughly and comprehensibly and the state of knowledge on Socrates is comprehensively presented both for today and its historical contexts. Its subject matter will be of interest to non-specialists with a penchant for philosophy, or for the history of thoght, since there is as much of interest here about the influence of Socrates on later periods as there is on the thought of the philosopher himself." Reference Reviews

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A survey exploring the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him Covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to contemporary European philosophy Examines Socrates? place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe Addresses interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art Helps readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, all of whom are recognized experts in their particular field

Details ISBN1405192607 Pages 560 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Series Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Year 2009 ISBN-10 1405192607 ISBN-13 9781405192606 Format Paperback Imprint Wiley-Blackwell Edited by Sara Ahbel-Rappe DEWEY 183.2 Illustrations illustrations Publication Date 2009-04-23 Short Title COMPANION TO SOCRATES Media Book Series Number 34 Edition 1st UK Release Date 2009-04-23 AU Release Date 2009-04-23 NZ Release Date 2009-04-23 US Release Date 2009-04-23 Author Rachana Kamtekar Place of Publication Hoboken Alternative 9781405108638 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this

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