The Bloomsbury companion to Socrates
By: edited by John Bussanich and Nicholas D. Smith
Series: Bloomsbury companions
Publisher: Continuum; Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781441112842; 9781441157294
Description: Socrates, the largely enigmatic Greek thinker, is universally considered to have laid the foundations of western philosophy. His philosophy, available to us through the early dialogues of Plato and the writings of his contemporaries, has had a remarkably enduring influence on virtually every area of philosophical enterprise .This comprehensive and accessible guide to Socrates life and death, character and philosophical concerns, features thirteen specially commissioned sections, written by a team of leading experts in the field of ancient philosophy, covering every aspect of Socratic thought. The Companion presents a comprehensive overview of the various features, themes and topics apparent in Socrates' thought, including Socratic irony, metaphysics, epistemology, happiness, virtue, moral psychology, philosophy of love, political philosophy, and religious belief. It concludes with a thoroughly comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources. This is an essential reference tool for anyone working in the field of ancient philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The quest for the historical Socrates / Robin Waterfield; title: Socratic irony / Iakovos Vasiliou; title: Socratic philosophizing / David Wolfsdorf; title: Socratric metaphysics / William J. Prior; title: Socratic ignorance and types of knowledge / Keith McPartland; title: The priority of definition / Hugh H. Benson; title: Socratic eudaimonism / Naomi Reshotko; title: Socratic moral psychology / Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith; title: Socrates on love / Suzanne Obdrzalek; title: Socrates' political philosophy / Curtis N. Johnson; title: Socratic theology and piety / Mark L. McPherran; title: Socrates' religious experiences / John Bussanich; title: The politics of impiety: why was Socrates prosecuted by the Athenian democracy? / Mark Ralkowski.