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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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This is an excellent collection. The editors have certainly achieved their aim of producing a coherent volume, which is only helped by its dialectical nature, on an important topic not just for students of Socrates, but also for students of Greek religion. The Heythrop Journal The book is handsomely produced ... and well edited ... In sum, this text is a very useful addition to the Socratic literature, and as a compendium of (sometimes) rival ideas about the daimonion and the charges made against Socrates at his trial, it will more than repay a careful reading. Bryn Mawr Classical Review Read more...
