Plato and Protagoras

Lexington Books

1999

XX, 345 p.

9780739100752

Chapter 1 Abbreviations Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Part 5 Part I: A Discussion of Interpretation in General Chapter 6 De Interpretatione Part 7 Part II: Plato's and Protagoras' General Assumptions Chapter 8 Exoteric and Esoteric Content and the Justification for Manipulative Thinking Chapter 9 Concerning Plato's Epistemological Presuppositions in General and Lying in Particular Chapter 10 Socrates and the Sophistic Movement Chapter 11 What Is Consciousness? Part 12 Part III: The Interpretation of the Protagoras Chapter 13 Introduction to the Dialogue Chapter 14 The Tale of Protagoras and Its Interpretation Chapter 15 Protagoras' Speech: Education or Instruction? Chapter 16 The Logical Grounds of the Protagoras-Socrates Disagreement Chapter 17 The Unity of Virtues Chapter 18 The Humorous Interlude-The Discussion about the Method of Discussion Chapter 19 The Critique of Simonides' Poem Chapter 20 Returning to the Unity of Virtues Chapter 21 The Theory of Measurement Part 22 Part IV: Extrapolations Chapter 23 Protagoras' and Plato's Approaches Compared Chapter 24 Protagoras' Relativism and the Failure to Synthesize Theory and Practice Chapter 25 Plato's Intellectualism and the Failure to Deduce Values from Knowledge Chapter 26 Appendix A: What Does "Man" Mean in Protagoras' "Man Is the Measure...?" Chapter 27 Appendix B: Critical Remarks on Some Interpretations of Plato's Self-Consciousness Chapter 28 Bibiography Chapter 29 Index

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