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Book SynopsisWritten by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. A survey exploring the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him.
Trade Review“Those willing to have their study of Socrates stretched beyond the typical boundaries of philosophical and classical scholarship may regard this volume as something of a treasure.” (
Philosophy In Review)
"Everyone interested in Socrates and his legacy will find something valuable in this book..." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)
"Technical issues are treated thoroughly and comprehensibly and the state of knowledge on Socrates is comprehensively presented both for today and its historical contexts. Its subject matter will be of interest to non-specialists with a penchant for philosophy, or for the history of thoght, since there is as much of interest here about the influence of Socrates on later periods as there is on the thought of the philosopher himself." (Reference Reviews)
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors x
Preface xiv
Acknowledgments xxiv
PART ONE: SOCRATES IN ANTIQUITY
Section I: Biography and Sources
1 The Trial and Death of Socrates 5
Debra Nails
2 Socrates and Euripides 21
Christian Wildberg
3 Socrates Among the Sophists 36
Paul Woodruff
4 Socrates the Freethinker 48
Richard Janko
5 How Does Socrates’ Divine Sign Communicate with Him? 63
A. A. Long
6 Socrates, Antisthenes, and the Cynics 75
Susan Prince
7 Xenophon’s Socrates 93
Louis-André Dorion
8 Picturing Socrates 110
Kenneth Lapatin
Section II: Plato
9 Socrates in Plato’s Dialogues 159
Christopher Rowe
10 No One Errs Willingly: The Meaning of Socratic Intellectualism 171
Heda Segvic
11 Socratic Love 186
George Rudebusch
12 Socrates and Religious Experience 200
John Bussanich
13 The Politics of Plato’s Socrates 214
Rachana Kamtekar
14 The Examined Life 228
Richard Kraut
15 Socrates: Seeker or Preacher? 243
Roslyn Weiss
16 Socratic Method and Socratic Truth 254
Harold Tarrant
Section III: Hellenistic Philosophy
17 Socrates in the Stoa 275
Eric Brown
18 Socrates and Epictetus 285
Tad Brennan
19 Socrates and Skepticism 299
Richard Bett
PART TWO: SOCRATES AFTER ANTIQUITY
Section IV: From the Medieval Period to Modernity
20 Socrates in Arabic Philosophy 317
Ilai Alon
21 Socrates in the Italian Renaissance 337
James Hankins
22 The Private Life of Socrates in Early Modern France 353
Daniel R. McLean
23 Socrates in Hegel and Others 368
Nicholas White
Section V: The Modern Period
24 Kierkegaard’s Socratic Point of View 389
Paul Muench
25 Nietzsche and “The Problem of Socrates” 406
James I. Porter
26 The Socratic Hermeneutics of Heidegger and Gadamer 426
Francisco J. Gonzalez
27 The Socratic Method and Psychoanalysis 442
Jonathan Lear
28 Lacan and Socrates 463
Mark Buchan
29 From Grade School to Law School: Socrates’ Legacy in Education 476
Avi Mintz
30 Socrates’ Definitional Inquiries and the History of Philosophy 493
Hayden W. Ausland
Index 511
