Socratic Studies [Paperback]

The companion to Vlastos' highly acclaimed Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher.In the companion volume to Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher, four ground-breaking papers that laid the basis for the author's understanding of Socrates are collected here, together with a fifth chapter that is a new and provocative discussion of Socrates' arguments in the Protagoras and Laches.In the companion volume to Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher, four ground-breaking papers that laid the basis for the author's understanding of Socrates are collected here, together with a fifth chapter that is a new and provocative discussion of Socrates' arguments in the Protagoras and Laches.This is the companion volume to Gregory Vlastos' highly acclaimed Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Four ground-breaking papers that laid the basis for his understanding of Socrates are collected here, together with a fifth chapter that is a new and provocative discussion of Socrates' arguments in the Protagoras and Laches. The Epilogue, Socrates and Vietnam, suggests that Socrates was not, as Plato claimed, the most just man of his time.Editor's preface; 1. The Socratic elenchus: method is all; 2. Socrates' disavowal of knowledge; 3. Is the 'Socratic fallacy' Socratic?; 4. The historical Socrates and Athenian democracy; 5. The Protagoras and the Laches; Epilogue: Socrates and Vietnam; Additional notes. Each of these essays is like a polished diamond, hard-edged, multi-faceted, and brilliant....[They] will stand as a remarkable achievement. Reading them is exhilarating and challenging. They are a splendid example of how philology and analytic philosophy can together be used to recover ancient wisdom. Lloyd P. Gerson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Vlastos' work is central to any understanding of ancient philosophy so this work will be widely sought out by professors and students. The Reader's Review Those who wish to argue that this ancient Athenian used irony and other forms ofl£(