Socrates and the immoralists
By: Curtis N. Johnson.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Socrates; Plato
Description: "Curtis N. Johnson, by focusing specifically on the dialogues with the "immoralists"--Polus, Callicles, and Thrasymachus - illuminates the complexities of Socrates' thought, illustrates the complicated interplay of the seemingly contradictory parts of Socrates' ambition, and ultimately vindicates the overall coherence of the philosopher's views. Socrates and the Immoralists is an in-depth exploration of Socrates' argument for the just life, valuable to scholars of Socrates, Plato, and Greek philosophy in general."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Socrates' mission; title: Was Socrates just?; title: Socrates' choice for justice : Apology and Crito; title: Socrates' immoral opponents and the failure of moral reform; title: Socrates v. Polus; title: Socrates v. Callicles : natural justice; title: Socrates v. Callicles : unqualified hedonism; title: Socrates v. Thrasymachus :  Thrasymachus' world view; title: Socrates v. Thrasymachus : is Thrasymachus refuted?; title: Socrates and Protagoras; title: Evaluative and psychological hedonism; title: Pleasure, virtue, and happines.