U ODBRANU SOKRATA: SOKRATOVI ARGUMENTI PROTIV TRASIMAHOVOG SHVATANJA PRAVEDNOSTI
IN DEFENCE OF SOCRATES: SOCRATES’ ARGUMENTS AGAINST THRASYMACHUS’ ACCOUNT OF JUSTICE
Author(s): Irina DeretićSubject(s): Epistemology, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Ancient Philosphy, Rhetoric
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: Socrates; Thrasymachus; Plato; justice; injustice; techne; arete; eudaimonia;
Summary/Abstract: It seems that the most prominent interpreters of Plato’s Republic agreed upon that Socrates’ argumentation against Trasymachus is neither satisfying nor convincing. In this paper, I will attempt to point out what is the validity and argumentative power of Socrates’ refutation of the immoralist account of justice. His arguments do not only have the refutative value, but they also provide us with some important general insights into the nature of techne, arête, pleonexia, eudaimonia, etc., as well as with the direction of the further discussion in the Republic.
Journal: Theoria
- Issue Year: 58/2015
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 41-68
- Page Count: 28
- Language: Serbian