Socrates on self-improvement : knowledge, virtue, and happiness /

Socrates on self-improvement : knowledge, virtue, and happiness /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Nicholas D., 1949- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xix, 182 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Socrates. Socrates. Plato. Knowledge, Theory of. Self-actualization (Psychology) Ethics. Ethics Ethics. Knowledge, Theory of. Self-actualization (Psychology)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12707871

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ISBN:	9781316515532 1316515532 9781009025959 9781009027717 (PDF ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Few would doubt that Plato intends to portray Socrates as an exemplar of human excellence. In Plato's Apology, Socrates cites the authority of Delphi in support of his claim to be the wisest of men (23b2), if only because he is so well aware of his own ignorance. Later in that same dialogue, we learn that Socrates also realizes that, he has a reputation for being "superior to the majority of human beings"1 (35a1) and the context make clear that the kind of superiority he has in mind is a superiority in virtue (aretê : 35a2) In Plato's other dialogues, as well, Socrates seems clearly to be identified as superior with respect to whatever positive trait or virtue is under discussion"--
Other form:	Online version: Smith, Nicholas D., 1949- Socrates on self-improvement Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY 10006, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781009025959

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