Dialogue and Discovery: A Study in Socratic Method by Seeskin, Kenneth

Dialogue and Discovery: A Study in Socratic Method

This book examines the Socratic method of elenchus, or refutation. Refutation by its very nature is a...
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Author: Kenneth Seeskin
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Dialogue and Discovery: A Study in Socratic Method by Seeskin, Kenneth

Dialogue and Discovery: A Study in Socratic Method

$322.78

Dialogue and Discovery: A Study in Socratic Method

$322.78
Author: Kenneth Seeskin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This book examines the Socratic method of elenchus, or refutation. Refutation by its very nature is a conflict, which in the hands of Plato becomes high drama. The continuing conversation in which it occurs is more a test of character than of intellect. Dialogue and Discovery shows that, in his conversations, Socrates seeks to define moral qualities--moral essences--with the goal of improving the soul of the respondent.

Ethics underlies epistemology because the discovery of philosophic truth imposes moral demands on the respondent. The recognition that moral qualities such as honesty, humility, and courage are necessary to successful inquiry is the key to the understanding of the Socratic paradox that virtue is knowledge.

The dialogues receiving the most emphasis are the Apology, Gorgias, Protagoras, and Meno.

Author: Kenneth Seeskin
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 01/02/1987
Pages: 179
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
ISBN: 9780887063374

About the Author

Kenneth Seeskin is Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor of Jewish Civilization at Northwestern University. His books include Jewish Philosophy in a Secular Age, also published by SUNY Press.




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