Plato's Gorgias: Speech, Soul and Politics

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-69905-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Brill's Plato Studies Series

In the Gorgias Plato offers a synthesis of what he thinks about the bitter conflict between philosophical and non-philosophical approaches to one’s responsibilities in private and public life. This book contributes to a deeper understanding of this historically and conceptually rich canvas by shedding light on its main topics: speech in its philosophical and non-philosophical forms, psychology in relation to virtuous life, and politics which charges the two former topics with high stakes that call for personal choices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Machek, David

Mikeš, Vladimír

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Über Autor(innen)

David Machek, Ph.D. (2015), University of Toronto, is a lecturer at the University of Berne and a research fellow at Charles University. He has recently published a monograph The Life Worth Living in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (2023).

Vladimír Mikeš, Ph.D. (2009), Charles University in Prague, is a researcher at the Czech Academy of Sciences (Institute of Philosophy). He has published and edited mainly on the Stoics and Plato, including Le paradoxe stoïcien: liberté de l’action déterminée (2016) and Plato’s Cratylus (2022).