A Companion to Socrates
Ahbel-Rappe
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Description for A Companion to Socrates
Paperback. Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. * A survey exploring the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. * Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him. Editor(s): Ahbel-Rappe, Sara; Kamtekar, Rachana. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 966.
Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy.
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
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405192606
SKU
V9781405192606
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About Ahbel-Rappe
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.
Reviews for A Companion to Socrates
"Everyone interested in Socrates and his legacy will find something valuable in this book..." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "A remarkably rich and imaginative collection. Socrates was a philosopher who became a cultural icon; this book, with its massive historical range and its great variety of scholarly approach, does unique justice to his complexity." G.R.F. Ferrari, University of California, ... Read more