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The Ideas of Socrates (Hardcover)
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The Ideas of Socrates (Hardcover)
Series: Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy
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"The Ideas of Socrates" offers a unique interpretation of the ideas
(forms, eide) in Plato's writings. In this concise and accessible
study, Matthew S. Linck makes four major claims. Firstly, the ideas
as Socrates discusses them in the "Phaedo", "Parmenides", and
"Symposium" are shown to be integral to the person of Socrates as
presented in Plato's dialogues. Secondly, Linck argues that if we
take Plato's dialogues as an integrated set of writings, then we
must acknowledge that the mature Socrates is perfectly aware of the
difficulties entailed in the positing of ideas. Thirdly, the book
shows that Socrates' recourse to the ideas is not simply an
epistemological issue but one of self-transformation. And finally
Linck examines how Socrates relates to the ideas in two ways, one
practical, the other speculative. As the only group of Plato's
narrated dialogues that are not narrated by Socrates, the "Phaedo",
"Parmenides", and "Symposium" constitute a unique collection. These
three dialogues also contain accounts of Socrates as a young man,
and all of these accounts explicitly discuss the ideas. "The Ideas
of Socrates" serves as a commentary on the relevant passages of
these dialogues and goes on to build up an explicit series of
arguments about the ideas that will transform the way in which we
approach these key texts. This important new book will be of
interest to anyone involved in the study of Ancient Philosophy.
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