Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, Protagoras.
by
 
Plato.

Title
Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, Protagoras.

Author
Plato.

ISBN
9780300138382

Personal Author
Plato.

Physical Description
1 online resource (249 pages)

Series
Dialogues of Plato ; v.3
 
Dialogues of Plato

Contents
CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE ION -- Comment -- Introduction -- Art Implies Knowledge of Who Speaks Well and Badly about the Same Subjects: Ion Does Not Possess an Art -- Poetry and Divine Possession: Rhapsodes as Messengers of Messengers -- Arts Defined by Their Objects: Ion Does Not Possess an Art -- Translation -- THE HIPPIAS MINOR -- Comment -- Introduction -- The Same Man Is Both True and False -- Interlude: Dialectic and Literature -- Only the Good Man Errs Voluntarily -- Translation -- THE LACHES -- Comment -- Introduction -- Nicias and Laches Disagree about Fighting in Armor -- Fighting in Armor and Care of the Soul -- What Is Courage? -- Laches' First Definition: Courage Is Standing to Your Post -- Laches' Second Definition: Courage Is Perseverance of Soul -- Nicias's Definition: Courage Is a Kind of Wisdom or Knowledge of What to Fear and What to Be Confident About -- Courage and Fearlessness -- Courage as a Part of Virtue -- Conclusion -- Translation -- THE PROTAGORAS -- Comment -- Dramatic Introduction -- Narrative Introduction -- Sophistry and the Soul -- A Foregathering of Sophists -- Can Virtue Be Taught? -- The Speech of Protagoras -- The Unity of Virtue -- The Unity of Justice and Holiness -- The Unity of Temperance and Wisdom -- The Unity of Justice and Temperance -- Interlude: Questions and Speeches -- The Poem of Simonides -- Protagoras Questions Socrates -- The Speech of Socrates -- Interlude -- The Unity of Virtue Revisited -- The Unity of Wisdom and Courage -- "Conceptual Analysis" -- That Virtue Is Knowledge -- The Hedonic Equation -- Living Well -- Ancient Hedonism -- Utilitarianism -- The Authority of Knowledge -- Reply to the Many -- The Hedonistic Calculus -- The Nautical Almanac -- The Art of Measurement -- The Art Analogy -- The "Naturalistic Fallacy" -- Psychiatric Hedonism: Freud -- Hippias and Prodicus Agree.
 
No One Voluntarily Chooses Evils -- Socratic Intellectualism -- The Unity of Courage and Wisdom -- "Plato's Moral Theory" -- Conclusion -- Translation -- INDEX.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Philosophy.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Allen, Reginald E.

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1331192-1001B358 -- .A44 1996 EBEbrary E-Books