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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William J. PriorPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9781509529735ISBN 10: 150952973 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 27 September 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsPrior's Socrates is an outstanding introduction. Written with clarity and grace, it provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of Socrates' thought and legacy, guided by a judicious reading of Plato's dialogues, and informed by a wide knowledge of the secondary literature. Richard Kraut, Northwestern University Is Socrates, recalcitrant hero of Western philosophy, always the ignorant and barren inquirer? Or rather a fertile voyager toward truth and wisdom? William Prior pursues these questions across the whole range of the philosophical terrain that Socrates explored. This authoritative and wonderfully lucid book offers an ideal general account, for beginner and more advanced reader alike, of this perennially intriguing figure, rewardingly rounded off with sketches of what later thinkers, notably Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, made of him. Malcolm Schofield, University of Cambridge Prior's Socrates is an outstanding introduction. Written with clarity and grace, it provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of Socrates' thought and legacy, guided by a judicious reading of Plato's dialogues, and informed by a wide knowledge of the secondary literature. Richard Kraut, Northwestern University Is Socrates, recalcitrant hero of Western philosophy, always the ignorant and barren inquirer? Or rather a fertile voyager toward truth and wisdom? William Prior pursues these questions across the whole range of the philosophical terrain that Socrates explored. This authoritative and wonderfully lucid book offers an ideal general account, for beginner and more advanced reader alike, of this perennially intriguing figure, rewardingly rounded off with sketches of what later thinkers, notably Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, made of him. Malcolm Schofield, University of Cambridge Author InformationWilliam J. Prior is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Santa Clara University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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