The Oxford Handbook of Plato
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1. Socrates and Plato 1. Socrates and Plato
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2. Socrates and the Sophists 2. Socrates and the Sophists
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3. Socrates' Denial of Acrasia 3. Socrates' Denial of Acrasia
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4. Desire and the Good 4. Desire and the Good
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5. Wisdom, Virtue, and Happiness 5. Wisdom, Virtue, and Happiness
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6. Socrates and Plato Revisited 6. Socrates and Plato Revisited
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Bibliography Bibliography
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6 Socratic Ethics and Moral Psychology
Get accessDaniel Devereux is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. He has published many articles on Plato and Aristotle, especially on their ethics and metaphysics.
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Published:02 September 2009
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Abstract
Plato's dialogues form the basis of Socratic Ethics and Moral Psychology. Among Plato's thirty-five dialogues there is a group of eleven or twelve that share certain features setting them apart from the rest. In these dialogues, which are considerably shorter than the others, Socrates always has the role of questioner. The questions he discusses are mostly about specific virtues and how they are related to each other: for example, piety is discussed in the Euthyphro, courage in the Laches, temperance in the Charmides, and justice and temperance in the Gorgias. A major theme of Socratic dialogues is Socrates' opposition to the “sophists,” a varied lot with different interests and claims to fame who shared certain characteristics that justified their common designation. Socrates debates the issue, if virtue is an art or skill that involves knowing what is truly good and evil, the virtuous person should be able to “size up” a situation and determine, as to what sort of action is called for to resolve a particular situation.
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