Virtue in the Cave: Moral Inquiry in Plato's Meno.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leicht besto�n, berieben, Fu�chnitt angeschmutzt, innen sauber / slightly scuffed, rubbed, bottom edge soiled, inside clean. - This book takes and defends the position that the Meno is a self-conscious analysis and assessment of the worth, on one hand, and limitations, on the other, not of inquiry simpliciter but of moral inquiry for the value of open-ended and unending investigation into moral things. In this view, the Meno is an apology for the Socratic enterprise, justifying it on such �Platonic� grounds as immortality of the soul and recollection theory, but on its own terms: moral inquiry is vindicated in the Meno by its progress toward opinion. / Contents Introduction: In the Cave ONE The Struggle over Definition i. Meno ii. What Is Virtue? Round iii. What Is a Good Definition? iv. What Is Virtue? Round TWO Impasse, Paradox, and the Myth of Learning by Recollection i. Impasse ii. Meno�s Paradox iii. Socrates� Paradox iv. The Myth of Learning by Recollection THREE The Slave-Boy: Learning by Demonstration i. Geometry and Virtue ii. The Diagram iii. The Demonstration iv. The Summaries v. The Disavowal FOUR The Road to Larisa: Knowledge, True Opinion, and Eudoxia i. Hypothetical Method ii. Is Virtue Knowledge? iii. Father and Son iv. Are There Teachers of Virtue? v. True Opinion and Aitias Logismos vi. Eudoxia and Divine Dispensation Conclusion: The Examined Life i. The Unattainability of Knowledge by Ordinary Human Beings ii. The Value of True Opinion iii. The Possibility of Achieving Virtue without Wisdom Appendix I: Recollection in the Phaedo Appendix II: The Abandonment of Moral Inquiry in the Republic Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780739132180