The philosophy of Socrates : a collection of critical essays / edited by Gregory Vlastos. - Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, c1980. - 354 p. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Introduction: The Paradox of Socrates.

2. Our Knowledge of Socrates.

3. Socrates in the Clouds.

4. Elenchus.

5. Elenchus: Direct and Indirect.

6. Socratic Definition.

7. Elenctic Definitions.

8. Socrates on the Definition of Piety.

9. Socrates at Work on Virtue and Knowledge in Plato's Laches.

10. Virtues In Action.

11. The Socratic Denial of Akrasia.

12. Plato's Protagoras and Explanations of Weakness.

13. Socrates on Disobeying the Law.

14. Plato's Earlier Theory of Forms.

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SOCRATES--ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, LECTURES

B 317 / V845 1980