On Manly Courage: A Study of Plato's Laches Contributor(s): Schmid, Walter T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809317451 ISBN-13: 9780809317455 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1992 Annotation: Walter T. Schmid offers the first original interpretation of the "Laches "since Hermann Bonitz in the nineteenth century in the only full-length commentary on the "Laches "available in English.
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Criticism |
Dewey: 170 |
LCCN: 91030776 |
Lexile Measure: 1580 |
Series: Philosophical Explorations |
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.34" W x 9.56" (1.33 lbs) 248 pages |
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Publisher Description: Walter T. Schmid offers the first original interpretation of the Laches since Hermann Bonitz in the nineteenth century in the only full-length commentary on the Laches available in English. Schmid divides the book into five main discussions: the historical background of the dialogue; the relation of form and content in a Platonic dialogue and specific structural and aesthetic features of the Laches; the first half of the dialogue, which introduces the characters and considers the theme of the education of young men; the inquiry with Laches, which examines the traditional Greek conception of military courage; and the inquiry with Nicias in which two nontraditional conceptions of courage are mooted, one closely associated with the sophistic movement in Athens, the other with Socrates himself. Furnishing a detailed paragraph-by-paragraph reading that traces Socrates' ongoing quest for virtue and wisdom-- a wisdom founded in the action of a whole human life-- Schmid conclusively shows how and why the Laches fills an important niche in Plato's moral theory. |