{"product_id":"socratic-ignorance-and-platonic-knowledge-in-the-dialogues-of-plato-paperback","title":"Socratic Ignorance and Platonic Knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Ahbel-Rappe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that Socrates' fundamental role in the dialogues is to guide us toward self-inquiry and self-knowledge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly original and provocative book, Sara Ahbel-Rappe argues that the Platonic dialogues contain an esoteric Socrates who signifies a profound commitment to self-knowledge and whose appearances in the dialogues are meant to foster the practice of self-inquiry. According to Ahbel-Rappe, the elenchus, or inner examination, and the thesis that virtue is knowledge, are tools for a contemplative practice that teaches us how to investigate the mind and its objects directly. In other words, the Socratic persona of the dialogues represents wisdom, which is distinct from and serves as the larger space in which Platonic knowledge-ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics-is constructed. Ahbel-Rappe offers complete readings of the \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCharmides\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlcibiades I\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLysis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheaetetus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParmenides\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as parts of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e. Her interpretation challenges two common approaches to the figure of Socrates: the thesis that the dialogues represent an \"early\" Plato who later disavows his reliance on Socratic wisdom, and the thesis that Socratic ethics can best be expressed by the construct of eudaimonism or egoism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Ahbel-Rappe \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSocrates: A Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReading Neoplatonism: Non-discursive Thinking in the Texts of Plotinus, Proclus, and Damascius\u003c\/i\u003e; translator of Damascius's \u003ci\u003eProblems and Solutions Concerning First Principles\u003c\/i\u003e; and coeditor (with Rachana Kamtekar) of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Socrates\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51873619312928,"sku":"9781438469263","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/Gsk1mofba29781438469263.webp?v=1781721329","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/socratic-ignorance-and-platonic-knowledge-in-the-dialogues-of-plato-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}