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Knowledge and Politics in Plato's Theaetetus (Hardcover)
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Knowledge and Politics in Plato's Theaetetus (Hardcover)
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The Theaetetus is one of the most widely studied of any of the
Platonic dialogues because its dominant theme concerns the
significant philosophical question, what is knowledge? In this book
Paul Stern provides a full-length treatment of its political
character in relationship to this dominant theme. He argues that
this approach sheds significant light on the distinctiveness of the
Socratic way of life, with respect to both its initial
justification and its ultimate character. More specifically, he
argues that Socrates' revolutionary decision to subject political
life to philosophic reflection, the decision that leads directly to
his trial and execution, is based on his awareness of the
elusiveness of comprehensive knowledge and the implications of that
elusiveness for the validity of philosophic inquiry. This view of
Socrates' rationale has important consequences for our
understanding of political philosophy and of the validity of the
life of reason itself.
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