Article ID: CBB000933642

Platon und das Sokratische Pragma (2004)

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What made Socrates so special that he became the object of mockery, slander and hate? The answer in the Apology is expressed in the formula of the `Socratic pragma'. Plato claims that Socrates' philosophical enterprise was a reaction to the Delphic oracle according to which no living Greek was wiser than Socrates. But does this really explain what it pretends to explain? The paper argues that this explanation tells us more about Plato's philosophical approach than about this alleged turning point in Socrates' life. Our understanding of Socrates' philosophical development should be based on other Platonic dialogues and the Old Comedy as well, for they inform us about the historical shift of philosophical interest from questions of physics to questions of ethics and political anthropology.

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Authors & Contributors
Sedley, David N.
Fine, Gail
Werner, Daniel
Jon Bornholdt
Austin, Emily A.
Wolfsdorf, David
Concepts
Philosophy
Soul (philosophy)
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Physics
Time Periods
Ancient
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
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