Gabriel Danzig

Apologizing for Socrates (eBook, PDF)

How Plato and Xenophon Created Our Socrates

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Apologizing for Socrates examines some of Plato's and Xenophon's Socratic writings, specifically those that address well-known controversiese concerning the life and death of Socrates. Gabriel Danzig argues that the effort to defend Socrates from a variety of contemporary charges helps explain some of the central philosophical arguments and literary features that appear in these works. Concentrating on the two Apologies, Crito, Euthyphro, Xenophon's Symposium and Memorabilia, Lysis, and Oeconommicus, Danzig argues that the apologetic efforts were essential for rebuilding the community of Socratic friends and companions, which was devastated by the trial and death of Socrates. The Socratic writings are not merely literary or philosophical endeavors, but also political acts of great competence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216219835
• Artikelnr.: 75142554

Autorenporträt

Gabriel Danzig is Professor of Classical Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is the current President of the International Society for Socratic Studies and his previous titles include Socrates at Play: The Social Virtues in the Symposia of Plato and Xenophon (2025) and Xenophon's Virtues (2024), co-edited with David M. Johnson and David Konstan.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Chapter One. Plato and Xenophon on Socrates' Behavior in Court (
The Apologies)
Chapter 3 Chapter Two. Building a Community under Fire (Crito)
Chapter 4 Chapter Three. Disgracing Meletus (Euthyphro)
Chapter 5 Chapter Four. Xenophon's Socratic Seductions (Memorabilia)
Chapter 6 Chapter Five. Plato's Socratic Seductions (Lysis)
Chapter 7 Chapter Six. Why Socrates was not a farmer: Xenophon's Apology
for Socrates in Oeconomicus