The Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates

Russell E. Jones, Ravi Sharma, Nicholas D. Smith, Russell E. Jones, Ravi Sharma, Nicholas D. Smith

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781350185678
• eBook ISBN:
  9781350185692
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Ancient & Classical Philosophy

This handbook provides detailed philosophical analysis of the life and thought of Socrates across fifteen in-depth chapters. Each chapter engages with a central aspect of the rich tradition of Socratic studies and, after surveying the state of scholarship, points the way forward to new directions of interpretation.

A leading team of scholars present dynamic readings of Socrates, extracted from the historical context of Plato's dialogues, covering elenchus, irony, ignorance, definitions, pedagogy, friendship, politics and the daemon. Building on these core Socratic topics, this edition includes new accounts of Socrates in the work of philosopher and historian, Xenophon, the comic playwright, Aristophanes, as well as important scholarship on topics such as emotions, the afterlife, motivational intellectualism and virtue intellectualism.

Fully revised and updated, the Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates elucidates the complex landscape of Socratic thought and interpretation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Socrates in Old Comedy
• 2 Xenophon’s Socrates on Teaching and Learning
• 3 Socratic Methods
• 4 Socrates and the Forms
• 5 Socratic Ignorance
• 6 The Priority of Definition
• 7 Socratic Virtue Intellectualism
• 8 Socratic Eudaimonism
• 9 Socratic Motivational Intellectualism
• 10 Socrates On Love
• 11 Socrates on Emotions
• 12 Socrates’ Political Philosophy
• 13 Socratic Theology and Piety
• 14 Socrates on Death and the Afterlife
• 15 The Trial of Socrates
• Bibliography
• Index
• Copyright