Philosophy as agôn : a study of Plato's Gorgias and related texts /

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Author / Creator:Metcalf, Robert D., author.
Imprint:Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2018.
©2018
Description:ix, 223 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Rereading ancient philosophy
Rereading ancient philosophy.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11721901
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ISBN:9780810137974
0810137976
9780810137981
0810137984
9780810137998
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Practice and Problematization of Philosophy as Agôn: Plato's Apology and Theaetetus
  • Chapter 2. Elenchos as Agôn: Socrates, Gorgias, and Polus
  • Chapter 3. Contesting the Dêmos: Socrates and Callicles
  • Chapter 4. Seeing the Agôn through a Mythos
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index