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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2011
Print publication year:
2010
Online ISBN:
9780511761829
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511761829
Subjects:
Political Theory, Politics and International Relations
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Book description

This book offers a controversial interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates. By paying unusually close attention to what Socrates indicates about the meaning and extent of his irony, David Leibowitz arrives at unconventional conclusions about Socrates' teaching on virtue, politics, and the gods; the significance of his famous turn from natural philosophy to political philosophy; and the purpose of his insolent 'defense speech'. Leibowitz shows that Socrates is not just a colorful and quirky figure from the distant past but an unrivaled guide to the good life - the thoughtful life - who is as relevant today as in ancient Athens. On the basis of his unconventional understanding of the dialogue as a whole, and of the Delphic oracle story in particular, Leibowitz shows that the Apology is the key to the Platonic corpus, indicating how many of the disparate themes and apparently contradictory conclusions of the other dialogues fit together.

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'Stylistically, the book is well written and avoids dry academic prose … The book is aimed at graduate and advanced level students in philosophy and therefore will be of great assistance to those working on ancient political philosophy, Athenian democracy and comparative political philosophy.'

Mehmet Karabela Source: Political Studies Review

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