Virtue Is Knowledge: The Moral Foundations of Socratic Political Philosophy
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The relation between virtue and knowledge is at the heart of the Socratic view of human excellence, but it also points to a central puzzle of the Platonic dialogues: Can Socrates be serious in his claims that human excellence is constituted by one virtue, that vice is merely the result of ignorance, and that the correct response to crime is therefore not punishment but education? Or are these assertions mere rhetorical ploys by a notoriously complex...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:022613654X
ISBN13:9780226136547
Release Date:May 2014
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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