Socrates »

Oxford University

In this book, Christopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and the engaging and infuriating figure who appears in Plato's dialogues, and examines the enduring image of Socrates as the ideal exemplar of the philosophic life—a thinker whose moral and intellectual integrity permeated every detail of his life, even in the face of betrayal and execution by his fellow Athenians.

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Life: Trial and Death; 3 Socratic Literature and the Socratic Problem: i. Authors other than Plato; ii. Plato; 4 Platos Socrates: i. Socrates disavowal of wisdom; ii. Definition; iii. Ethics; iv. Socrates and the Sophists; 5 Socrates and Later Philosophy: i. Ancient Philosophy; ii. Medieval and Modern Philosophy; 6 Conclusion; Endnotes; Further Reading; Index.