Socrates, pleasure, and value / / George Rudebusch

• Autore: Rudebusch George <1957->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 169 p
• Disciplina: 183/.2
• Soggetto topico: Ethics, Ancient; Pleasure; Hedonism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Note on Abbreviations and Text -- ONE: Introduction -- TWO: Plato's Aporetic Style -- THREE: Ethical Protagoreanism -- FOUR: Callicles' Hedonism -- FIVE: Callicles Refuted -- SIX: Death Is One of Two Things -- SEVEN: The Intrinsic Value of Sense Pleasure and Pain -- EIGHT: The Righteous Are Happy -- NINE: Does Socrates Consistently Hold the Sufficiency Thesis? -- TEN: How Socrates Can Make Both Pleasure and Virtue the Chief Good -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this study, George Rudebusch addresses whether Socrates was a hedonist--whether he believed pleasure to be the good. In attempting to locate Socrates' position on hedonism, Rudebusch examines the passages in Plato's early dialogues that are the most disputed on the topic. He maintains that Socrates identifies pleasant activity with virtuous activity, describing Socrates' hedonism as one of activity, not sensation. This analysis allows for Socrates to find both virtue and pleasure to be the good, thus solving the textual puzzle and showing the power of Socratic argument in leading human beings toward the good.
• Titolo autorizzato: Socrates, Pleasure and Value
• ISBN: 9780198029502; 0198029500
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966102403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II