BÜCHER VERSANDKOSTENFREI INNERHALB DEUTSCHLANDS
Euthydemus. Gorgias
Harvard University Press
ISBN 978-0-674-99769-1
Standardpreis
Bibliografische Daten
Buch. Hardcover
2025
In englischer Sprache
Umfang: 560 S.
Format (B x L): 10,8 x 16,2 cm
Verlag: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 978-0-674-99769-1
Weiterführende bibliografische Daten
Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Loeb Classical Library; 561
Produktbeschreibung
<p><b>Socrates against sophistry.</b>
Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practitioners, was born to a prosperous and politically active family circa 427 BC. In early life an admirer of Socrates, Plato later founded the first institution of higher learning in the West, the Academy, among whose many notable alumni was Aristotle. Traditionally ascribed to Plato are thirty-five dialogues developing Socrates’ dialectic method and composed with great stylistic virtuosity, together with the <i>Apology </i>and thirteen letters.
The two dialogues in this volume, <i>Euthydemus </i>and <i>Gorgias</i>, probably date from the end of Plato’s early period in the late 380s. They contrast Socrates’ aims and methods with those of sophists, rhetoricians, and others who claimed the ability to teach excellence (<i>arete</i>), while illustrating Socrates’ own conception thereof not as worldly power or political success but as a personal search for wisdom leading to happiness. <i>Gorgias </i>also contains a classic refutation of the “might is right” philosophy represented by Callicles, a ruthless up-and-coming politician.
This edition, which replaces the original Loeb editions by Sir Walter R. M. Lamb, offers text, translation, and annotation that are fully current with modern scholarship.</p>
Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practitioners, was born to a prosperous and politically active family circa 427 BC. In early life an admirer of Socrates, Plato later founded the first institution of higher learning in the West, the Academy, among whose many notable alumni was Aristotle. Traditionally ascribed to Plato are thirty-five dialogues developing Socrates’ dialectic method and composed with great stylistic virtuosity, together with the <i>Apology </i>and thirteen letters.
The two dialogues in this volume, <i>Euthydemus </i>and <i>Gorgias</i>, probably date from the end of Plato’s early period in the late 380s. They contrast Socrates’ aims and methods with those of sophists, rhetoricians, and others who claimed the ability to teach excellence (<i>arete</i>), while illustrating Socrates’ own conception thereof not as worldly power or political success but as a personal search for wisdom leading to happiness. <i>Gorgias </i>also contains a classic refutation of the “might is right” philosophy represented by Callicles, a ruthless up-and-coming politician.
This edition, which replaces the original Loeb editions by Sir Walter R. M. Lamb, offers text, translation, and annotation that are fully current with modern scholarship.</p>
Autorinnen und Autoren
Produktsicherheit
Hersteller
Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld, DE
gpsr@libri.de
Rezensionen
