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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas M. Tuozzo (University of Kansas)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.550kg ISBN: 9781107664616ISBN 10: 1107664616 Pages: 372 Publication Date: 06 March 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart I. Approaching the Dialogue: 1. Methodological preliminaries; 2. Historical and cultural context; Part II. Approaching the Argument: 3. The opening scene; 4. Dialectic in the Charmides; Part III. The Dialectical Investigation: 5. Sophrosyne and its value; 6. Sophrosyne as self-knowledge: two reformulations; 7. Possibility of self-knowledge: Critian formulation; 8. Possibility of self-knowledge: Socratic formulation; 9. Return of the value question; 10. Socrates' final speech and closing scene; 11. Sophrosyne, knowledge, and the good.Reviews'This is the best book in English on Plato's Charmides ... This volume has taught me much.' David J. Murphy, Classical World 'This is the best book in English on Plato's Charmides ... This volume has taught me much.' David J. Murphy, Classical World 'This is an original and superbly argued study. Highly recommended.' Choice 'By far the greatest virtue of Tuozzo's book is his insistence on taking the debate into entirely new terrain. Readers who seek a fresh perspective on the Charmides will greatly benefit from grappling with his immensely novel and clever arguments.' Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Author InformationThomas M. Tuozzo is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. He holds a PhD in Classics and Philosophy from Yale University, and his articles have been published in journals including the Journal of the History of Philosophy, Phronesis, Apeiron and Phoenix. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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