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Socrates on Self-Improvement

Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness

Gebonden Engels 2021 9781316515532
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What model of knowledge does Plato's Socrates use? In this book, Nicholas D. Smith argues that it is akin to knowledge of a craft which is acquired by degrees, rather than straightforward knowledge of facts. He contends that a failure to recognize and identify this model, and attempts to ground ethical success in contemporary accounts of propositional or informational knowledge, have led to distortions of Socrates' philosophical mission to improve himself and others in the domain of practical ethics. He shows that the model of craft-knowledge makes sense of a number of issues scholars have struggled to understand, and makes a case for attributing to Socrates a very sophisticated and plausible view of the improvability of the human condition.

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ISBN13:9781316515532
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:216

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Preface; 1. Socrates as exemplar; 2. Socrates as apprentice at virtue; 3. Socratic motivational intellectualism; 4. Socratic ignorance; 5. Is virtue sufficient for happiness; 6. The necessity of virtue for happiness; Afterword. Review and assessment.

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