Profound ignorance : Plato's Charmides and the saving of wisdom /
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| Author / Creator: | Levine, David Lawrence, author. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016] |
| Description: | xii, 357 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10448143 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Remembering the Tyrant in an Age of Totalitarianism: A General Introduction
- Memory and Justice
- "Here's to That Good Fellow, Critias!"
- "Measure Is Alien to Us"
- In the Aftermath of the Mega-Phenomenon
- Philosophy as Accomplice
- Is There a Return from "History" to the Polls?
- The Metaphor of Disclosure
- A Most Untimely Meditation
- Notes
- Chapter 2. The City and Its Promise (153al-155a8)
- Socrates Returns
- Questions and an Answer
- Stripping the Soul
- The Conditions of Discourse
- Notes
- Chapter 3. Doctor Socrates (155a8-158c4)
- The Mask of Physicianship
- The New Science
- Critias for the Defense
- Notes
- Chapter 4. The Look Beneath, Part I: The Dilemma of Our Sociability (158c5-160d4)
- Charmides' Dilemma
- What "They" Say
- Notes
- Chapter 5. The Look Beneath, Part II: The Elusiveness of Selfhood (160d5-162b11)
- An Act of Courage
- An Opinion Worth Remembering
- The Diagnosis
- Notes
- Chapter 6. The Wisdom of Critias (162c1-166c6)
- The Original Opinion
- The Wisdom of the Ancients
- The Intentionality of Critian Self-Knowledge
- Notes
- Chapter 7. The Lesson of Ignorance, I (166c7-l67a8)
- The Socratic Question
- The Difference Ignorance Makes
- Notes
- Chapter 8. The Lesson of Ignorance, II (167a9-169e5)
- A Lesson in Ignorance
- Philosophical Therapy
- Notes
- Chapter 9. Horn or Ivory, Two Faces of Sopkrosyne (169d9-175d3)
- Critias' Dream Denied
- Socrates' Alternative Dream
- O Bloodstained One!
- Notes
- Chapter 10. "A Sight Surely Worth Seeing" (175d5-176d5)
- The End of Dialogue
- Remaining Questions
- Uses and Abuses of Knowledge
- Postscripts
- Notes
- Appendix: Synopsis of Profound Ignorance
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
