{"product_id":"socrates-and-alcibiades-9780812249132","title":"Socrates and Alcibiades","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Socrates and Alcibiades, Ariel Helfer provides a new interpretation of Plato's account of the relationship between Socrates and the infamous Athenian general Alcibiades, in the process revealing a complex Platonic teaching on the nature and corruptibility of political ambition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSocrates and Alcibiades\u003c\/i\u003e is a helpful and interesting book written by an excellent reader of Plato. The close readings of \u003ci\u003eAlcibiades, Second Alcibiades,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e are careful and insightful. Socrates and Alcibiades are two of the most colorful characters in Athenian history, and understanding their friendship is central to understanding Plato's political philosophy as well as Athens itself, the city that could not help but kill a philosopher. Helfer's book deftly moves readers deeper into those dynamics.\" * \u003ci\u003eThe Review of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSocrates and Alcibiades\u003c\/i\u003e is unusually clear, powerfully argued, and intelligent. It makes a convincing case that, in witnessing Socrates' attempts to educate young Alcibiades, we are witnessing the first manifestations of what has come to be called Socratic political philosophy. The book is essential reading for scholars of Socrates and Plato, especially their moral and political thought, and for those interested in the understudied and under-theorized phenomenon of political ambition.\" * Robert C. Bartlett, author of \u003ci\u003eSophistry and Political Philosophy: Protagoras' Challenge to Socrates\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is an engaging, wittily written analysis of the conversations between Alcibiades and Socrates. Ariel Helfer captures well the challenges and difficulties of a Socratic education, and in the process, he also brings out important questions about the desire to do good, political power, dependence on the divine, and the meaning of fame.\" * Arlene Saxonhouse, University of Michigan *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Socrates' Promise and Alcibiades' Failure (\u003ci\u003eAlcibiades\u003c\/i\u003e 103−116)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Exaltation of Virtue (\u003ci\u003eAlcibiades\u003c\/i\u003e 116−135)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Rescuing Alcibiades (\u003ci\u003eSecond Alcibiades\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. A Puzzling Retrospective (\u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e 211−222)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405730259287,"sku":"9780812249132","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/socrates-and-alcibiades-9780812249132","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}