On Manly Courage : A Study of Plato's Laches Hardback
by Walter T Schmid, Plato
Part of the Philosophical explorations series
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Walter T. Schmid offers the first original interpretation of the Laches since Hermann Bonitz in the nineteenth century in the only full-length commentary on the Laches available in English.
Schmid divides the book into five main discussions: the historical background of the dialogue; the relation of form and content in a Platonic dialogue and specific structural and aesthetic features of the Laches; the first half of the dialogue, which introduces the characters and considers the theme of the education of young men; the inquiry with Laches, which examines the traditional Greek conception of military courage; and the inquiry with Nicias in which two nontraditional conceptions of courage are mooted, one closely associated with the sophistic movement in Athens, the other with Socrates himself.
Furnishing a detailed paragraph-by-paragraph reading that traces Socrates' ongoing quest for virtue and wisdom-- a wisdom founded in the action of a whole human life-- Schmid conclusively shows how and why the Laches fills an important niche in Plato's moral theory.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
- Publication Date:30/07/1992
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- ISBN:9780809317455
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
- Publication Date:30/07/1992
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- ISBN:9780809317455