Socratic Agape without Irony in the Euthydemus
Many scholars find Socratic irony so obvious in the Euthydemus that they don't bother to cite any textual support when they claim that Socrates does not sincerely mean something he says, e.g., when he praises Euthydemus and his brother. What these scholars overlook is the role of agape in shapi...
| Published in: | American catholic philosophical quarterly |
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| Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2017]
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American catholic philosophical quarterly
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| Further subjects: | B
Agape
B EUTHYDEMUS (Book : Plato) B Intellectuals B Scholars B SOCRATES, ca. 469-399 B.C |
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| Summary: | Many scholars find Socratic irony so obvious in the Euthydemus that they don't bother to cite any textual support when they claim that Socrates does not sincerely mean something he says, e.g., when he praises Euthydemus and his brother. What these scholars overlook is the role of agape in shaping Socrates's view of other intellectuals. If we take his agape into account, it is easy to see that while there is some irony in the Euthydemus, none of it is Socratic. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-8441 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic philosophical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpq201736111 |