CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE ION -- Comment -- Introduction -- Art Implies Knowledge of Who Speaks Well and Badly about the Same Subjects: Ion Does Not Possess an Art -- Poetry and Divine Possession: Rhapsodes as Messengers of Messengers -- Arts Defined by Their Objects: Ion Does Not Possess an Art -- Translation -- THE HIPPIAS MINOR -- Comment -- Introduction -- The Same Man Is Both True and False -- Interlude: Dialectic and Literature -- Only the Good Man Errs Voluntarily -- Translation -- THE LACHES -- Comment -- Introduction
A Foregathering of SophistsCan Virtue Be Taught? -- The Speech of Protagoras -- The Unity of Virtue -- The Unity of Justice and Holiness -- The Unity of Temperance and Wisdom -- The Unity of Justice and Temperance -- Interlude: Questions and Speeches -- The Poem of Simonides -- Protagoras Questions Socrates -- The Speech of Socrates -- Interlude -- The Unity of Virtue Revisited -- The Unity of Wisdom and Courage -- “Conceptual Analysis� -- That Virtue Is Knowledge -- The Hedonic Equation -- Living Well -- Ancient Hedonism -- Utilitarianism
Nicias and Laches Disagree about Fighting in ArmorFighting in Armor and Care of the Soul -- What Is Courage? -- Laches� First Definition: Courage Is Standing to Your Post -- Laches� Second Definition: Courage Is Perseverance of Soul -- Nicias�s Definition: Courage Is a Kind of Wisdom or Knowledge of What to Fear and What to Be Confident About -- Courage and Fearlessness -- Courage as a Part of Virtue -- Conclusion -- Translation -- THE PROTAGORAS -- Comment -- Dramatic Introduction -- Narrative Introduction -- Sophistry and the Soul
The Authority of KnowledgeReply to the Many -- The Hedonistic Calculus -- The Nautical Almanac -- The Art of Measurement -- The Art Analogy -- The “Naturalistic Fallacy� -- Psychiatric Hedonism: Freud -- Hippias and Prodicus Agree -- No One Voluntarily Chooses Evils -- Socratic Intellectualism -- The Unity of Courage and Wisdom -- “Plato�s Moral Theory� -- Conclusion -- Translation -- INDEX
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Ion.
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Dialogues.
Selections.
English
Ion ; Hippias minor ; Laches ; Protagoras
Imaginary conversations, Early works to 1800.
Philosophy.
Imaginary conversations.
PHILOSOPHY-- History & Surveys-- Ancient & Classical.