The Way of the Gadfly: A Study of Coherency in Socratic Thought by Legutko, Ryszard
The Way of the Gadfly: A Study of Coherency in Socratic Thought by Legutko, Ryszard

The Way of the Gadfly: A Study of Coherency in Socratic Thought

This new series of scholarly reflections on the interpretation of Socratic philosophy is an inviting combination of...
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Author: Ryszard Legutko
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The Way of the Gadfly: A Study of Coherency in Socratic Thought by Legutko, Ryszard

The Way of the Gadfly: A Study of Coherency in Socratic Thought

$73.63
The Way of the Gadfly: A Study of Coherency in Socratic Thought by Legutko, Ryszard

The Way of the Gadfly: A Study of Coherency in Socratic Thought

$73.63
Author: Ryszard Legutko
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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This new series of scholarly reflections on the interpretation of Socratic philosophy is an inviting combination of intuition and meticulous analysis. Ryszard Legutko provides the reader a monumental service in his confrontation of the most important and influential literature written on the subject to date. He likewise opens the conversation to European contributions and renders Socrates truly a figurehead of future philosophy far beyond being a pillar in ancient thought.
Legutko argues that Socrates was systematic, and his moral views were ultimately grounded in his theory of knowledge that was composed of logically connected propositions (logoi). Reading Plato, Legutko's intuition that Socrates was quite the opposite of the quirky, ironic, and enigmatic character is supported by his demonstration of Socrates' consistency, unity, and hierarchy of thought. He extends Socrates' coherency to a criticism of the democratic mind, framing him even less as a random spit-fire and more the grounded observer. Socrates, argues Letgutko, is well aware of the importance of general concepts and he intended to free these concepts from democratic distortions and give them firm and independent foundations.
In short, 'the way of the gadfly' is a beautiful and precise exploration of order that seeks to be changed by the awareness of this order, and how to wield concepts apart from the motives of arrogance and chaos--neither of which represent nature, and therefore are foreign to the way of the gadfly.




Author: Ryszard Legutko
Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
Published: 08/23/2024
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781587315930

About the Author
Ryszard Legutko, a Polish philosopher, taught ancient philosophy and political theory at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. He has also been a politician - a former Minister of Education, Deputy Speaker of the Senate, and Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the President of Poland. He is Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament. He published many books in Polish, the most recent being The Presocratic Philosophy: From Thales to Democritus (2020). He translated four of Plato's dialogues into Polish: Apology, Euthyphro, Phaedo, and Crito. He is working on the translation of Plato's Republic. Among the books published in English are The Demon in Democracy (Encounter Books 2016) and The Cunning of Freedom (Encounter Books 2021). The Demon of Democracy, which explores the problem of totalitarian tendencies in modern liberal democracy, was widely reviewed and translated into several languages, including French, Spanish, and German.
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