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Plato's Charmides: Positive Elenchus in a "Socratic" Dialogue by Thomas M. Tuozzo (review)
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This article is published in Classical World.The article was published on 2013-01-01. It has received 5 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Socratic dialogue & Socratic method.read more
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Second Sailing: Alternative Perspectives on Plato
Debra Nails,Harold Tarrant +1 more
TL;DR: Ferber and Damschen as discussed by the authors showed that self-predication of the form of the Good, or of any form, is not possible and applied Spinoza's distinction between an "ens imaginarium" and a "chimaera" to Plato's idea of the good.
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History and Philosophy in the Interpretation of Plato's Critias
TL;DR: This article provided a new interpretation of Plato's Critias by focusing on the character Critias and the significance of depicting his relationship with Socrates in the historical context of the Athenian democratic restoration.
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Socratic reductionism in ethics
TL;DR: The genealogy is the study of the ways in which concepts, ideas, values and norms have emerged, persisted, and developed over time as mentioned in this paper, which is of great importance for analytic philosophy, which has traditionally shown some resistance to historical inquiry.
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Promêtheia as Rational Agency in Plato
TL;DR: A virtue term that represented the ability to determine which norms deserved commitment, a virtue term usually misunderstood as "prediction of likely outcomes" or "being hesitant" is promêtheia as discussed by the authors.
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History and the Manifestation of the Good in Plato’s Republic
TL;DR: The authors suggest that history plays a crucial role in the manifestation or concealment of the Good in Plato's Republic, and they offer a close reading of Books I and VIII of the Republic, with an introduction on how to read Plato's dialogues vis-a-vis the problem of history.
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Second Sailing: Alternative Perspectives on Plato
Debra Nails,Harold Tarrant +1 more
TL;DR: Ferber and Damschen as discussed by the authors showed that self-predication of the form of the Good, or of any form, is not possible and applied Spinoza's distinction between an "ens imaginarium" and a "chimaera" to Plato's idea of the good.
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History and Philosophy in the Interpretation of Plato's Critias
TL;DR: This article provided a new interpretation of Plato's Critias by focusing on the character Critias and the significance of depicting his relationship with Socrates in the historical context of the Athenian democratic restoration.
Journal ArticleDOI
Socratic reductionism in ethics
TL;DR: The genealogy is the study of the ways in which concepts, ideas, values and norms have emerged, persisted, and developed over time as mentioned in this paper, which is of great importance for analytic philosophy, which has traditionally shown some resistance to historical inquiry.
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Promêtheia as Rational Agency in Plato
TL;DR: A virtue term that represented the ability to determine which norms deserved commitment, a virtue term usually misunderstood as "prediction of likely outcomes" or "being hesitant" is promêtheia as discussed by the authors.