Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy.
Title:
Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy.
Author:
Smith, Nicholas D.
ISBN:
9780195350920
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Socrates, Politics, and Religion -- 2. Socrates the Apollonian? -- 3. The Trial of Socrates: And a Religious Crisis? -- 4. Socratic Piety -- 5. Socrates' Gods and the Daimonion -- 6. Does Piety Pay? Socrates and Plato on Prayer and Sacrifice -- 7. A New Assessment of Socratic Philosophy of Religion -- 8. Socrates and the Irrational -- 9. Socrates at Colonus: A Hero for the Academy -- 10. Socrates and His Daimonion: Correspondence among Gregory Vlastos, Thomas C. Brickhouse, Mark L. McPherran, and Nicholas D. Smith -- Works Cited -- Index of Ancient Authors and Sources -- A -- C -- D -- E -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- V -- X -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This volume brings together mostly previously unpublished studies by prominent historians, classicists, and philosophers on the roles and effects of religion in Socratic philosophy and on the trial of Socrates. Among the contributors are Thomas C. Brickhouse, Asli Gocer, Richard Kraut, Mark L. McPherran, Robert C. T. Parker, C. D. C. Reeve, Nicholas D. Smith, Gregory Vlastos, Stephen A. White, and Paul B. Woodruff.
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.
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