num_pages: 266
description: Despite his ceaseless efforts to purge his fellow citizens of their unfounded opinions and to bring them to care for what he believes to be the most important things, Plato's Socrates rarely succeeds in his pedagogical project with the characters he encounters. This is in striking contrast to the historical Socrates, who spawned the careers of Plato, Xenophon, and other authors of Socratic dialogues. Through an examination of Socratic pedagogy under its most propitious conditions, focusing on a narrow class of dialogues featuring Lysis and Alcibiades, this book answers the "why does Plato portray his divinely appointed gadfly as such a dramatic failure?"
language: English
title: Plato's Socrates as Educator
titlecomplete: Plato's Socrates as Educator (Suny Ancient Greek Philosophy)
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 1
publisher: State University of New York Press