Plato's Charmides: Positive Elenchus in a Socratic Dialogue

Name: Plato's Charmides: Positive Elenchus in a Socratic Dialogue
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ISBN: 9781283316354

ISBN-10: 1283316358

ISBN-13: 9781283316354

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Authors: Thomas M. Tuozzo

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This book argues that Plato's Charmides presents a unitary but incomplete argument intended to lead its readers to substantive philosophical insights. Through careful, contextually sensitive analysis of Plato's arguments concerning the virtue of sophrosyne, Thomas M. Tuozzo brings the dialogue's lines of inquiry together, carrying Plato's argument forward to a substantive conclusion. This innovative reading of Charmides reverses misconceptions about the dialogue that stemmed from an impoverished conception of Socratic elenchus and unquestioned acceptance of ancient historiography's demonization of Critias. It views Socratic argument as a tool intended to move its addressee to substantive…

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List price: $156.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/22/2011
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 373
Language: English

Are Hjï¿½rungnes is a Professor in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and received his Ph.D. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2000.Thomas M. Tuozzo is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. He holds a PhD in Classics and Philosophy from Yale University, and his articles have been published in journals including the Journal of the History of Philosophy, Phronesis, Apeiron and Phoenix.