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Reason and religion in Socratic philosophy
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Reason and religion in Socratic philosophy

Author: Nicholas D Smith; Paul Woodruff
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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"This volume brings together studies by prominent historians, classicists, and philosophers on the roles and effects of religion in Socratic philosophy and on the trial of Socrates. This collection of important studies by many of the leading scholars in the field will appeal to historians, religious scholars, classicists, philosophers, and political theorists interested in Socrates and Plato, as well as to readers  Read more...
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Named Person: Socrates
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Nicholas D Smith; Paul Woodruff
ISBN: 0195133226 9780195133226
OCLC Number: 43286731
Description: xiv, 226 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Socrates, politics, and religion / Richard Kraut --
Socrates the Apollonian? / C.D.C. Reeve --
The trial of Socrates: and a religious crisis / Robert Parker --
Socratic piety / Gregory Vlastos --
Socrates' gods and the Daimonion / Thomas C. Brickhouse, Nicholas D. Smith --
Does piety pay? Socrates and Plato on prayer and sacrifice / Mark L. McPherran --
A new assessment of Socratic philosophy of religion / Asli Gocer --
Socrates and the irrational / Paul Woodruff --
Socrates at Colonus: A hero for the academy / Stephen A. White --
Socrates and his Daimonion: correspondence among Gregory Vlastos, Thomas C. Brickhouse, Mark L. McPherran, and Nicholas D. Smith --
Works cited --
Index of ancient authors and sources --
General Index.
Responsibility: edited by Nicholas D. Smith, Paul B. Woodruff.
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