A Companion to Socrates: 34 (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405192607 ISBN 13: 9781405192606

Publisher: WB, 2009

Synopsis

Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy.

• Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him
• Covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to contemporary European philosophy
• Examines Socrates’ place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe
• Addresses interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art
• Helps readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages

About this title

About the Author

Sara Ahbel-Rappe is Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Reading Neoplatonism (2000) and a translation of Damascius’ Doubts and Solutions Concerning First Principles (forthcoming).

Rachana Kamtekar is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona.

From the Back Cover

This Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy and provides an in-depth discussion of the various approaches to his philosophy.

Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, the volume covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to the present day. The contributors review Socrates’ life and the key philosophical doctrines associated with him, and examine Socrates’ place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe. They consider interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art.

This distinctive Companion will help readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages.

Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, the volume covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to the present day. The contributors review Socrates’ life and the key philosophical doctrines associated with him, and examine Socrates’ place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe. They consider interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art.

This distinctive Companion will help readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages.

Edition details

• Publisher: WB
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405192607
• ISBN 13: 9781405192606
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560
• Editor: Ahbel-Rappe Sara