Charles L Griswold
Biographic Data
| ID | 391808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles L Griswold |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles L |
| FAMILY NAME | Griswold |
| SIGNATURE | GRISWOLD C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Genealogical narrative and self-knowledge in Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality among Men
Why did Rousseau cast the substance of the Second Discourse in the form of a genealogy? In this essay the author attempts to work out the relation between the literary form (genealogical narrative, as the author calls it) of the Discourse's two main parts and the content. A key thesis of Rousseau's text concerns our lack of self-knowledge, indeed, our ignorance of our ignorance. The author argues that in a number of ways genealogical narrative is…
Ancient Forgiveness: Classical, Judaic, and Christian
Socrates’ Political Philosophy
I believe that I’m one of a few Athenians – so as not to say I’m the only one, but the only one among our contemporaries – to take up the true political craft and practice the true politics. This is because the speeches I make on each occasion do not aim at gratification but at what’s best.Socrates
Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration
Nearly everyone has wronged another. Who among us has not longed to be forgiven? Who has not struggled to forgive? Charles Griswold has written the first comprehensive philosophical book on forgiveness in both its interpersonal and political contexts, as well as its relation to reconciliation. Having examined the place of forgiveness in ancient philosophy and in modern thought, he discusses what forgiveness is, what conditions the parties to it m…
Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration
Religion and Community
Etude de la critique des religions d'etat entreprise par A. Smith dans son ouvrage intitule «The wealth of nations», a la lumiere de la psychologie morale developpee dans «Theory of moral sentiments» qui rend compte de la nature du sentiment religieux. Examinant le lien entre structure institutionnelle, vertu et psychologie morale, l'A. montre que la position liberale de Smith revendique la neutralite de l'Etat en matiere de vie bonne et inscrit …
Philosophers in the Agora
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCharles L. GriswoldCharles L. Griswold, Jr. is chairman and professor of philosophy at Boston University. He is the author of Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment (1999) and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus (1986, rpt. 1988) and is the editor of Platonic Writings/Platonic Readings (1988, rpt. 2002)
Irony in the Platonic Dialogues
Philosophy and Literature - Volume 26, Number 1, April 2002
Reply to My Critics
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCharles L. GriswoldCharles L. Griswold, Jr. is professor of philosophy at Boston University. He is author of Self-knowledge in Plato's “Phaedrus” and Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment, and editor of Platonic Writings/Platonic Readings. He has also written numerous articles on ancient philosophy, the history of ethics and of political philosophy, and the Scottish Enlightenment
Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment
E Pluribus Unum? On the Platonic ‘Corpus’
Book in Review
Adam Smith and the virtues of enlightenment
"Charles Griswold has written the first comprehensive philosophical study of Smith's moral and political thought. Griswold sets Smith's work in the context of the continuing debate about the nature and survival of the Enlightenment, and also relates it to current discussions in moral philosophy." "This is a major historical and philosophical reassessment of a key figure in the Enlightenment that will be of particular interest to philosophers and …
Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment
Charles Griswold has written a comprehensive philosophical study of Smith's moral and political thought. Griswold sets Smith's work in the context of the Enlightenment and relates it to current discussions in moral and political philosophy. Smith's appropriation as well as criticism of ancient philosophy, and his carefully balanced defence of a liberal and humane moral and political outlook, are also explored. This 1999 book is a major philosophi…
Religion and Community: Adam Smith on the Virtues of Liberty
Religion and Community: Adam Smith on the Virtues of Liberty CHARLES L. GRISWOLD, JR. The good temper and moderation of contending factions seems to be the most esgential circumstance in the publick morals of a free people. Adam Smith' THE ARCHITECTS of what one might call "classical" or "Enlightenment" liberalism saw themselves as committed to refuting the claims to political sovereignty by organized religion. ~ The arguments against the legitim…
Nature and philosophy: Adam Smith on stoicism, aesthetic reconciliation, and imagination
Happiness, tranquillity, and philosophy
Despite the near universal desire for happiness, relatively little philosophy has been done to determine what "happiness" means. In this paper I examine happiness (in the long‐term sense), and argue that it is best understood in terms of tranquillity. This is not merely "contentment." Rather, happiness requires reflection—the kind of reflection characteristic of philosophy. Happiness is the product of correctly assessing its conditions, and like …
Books in Review
Platonic Writings/Platonic Readings
The contributors to this volume focus on two main themes. First, the general problem of interpreting a Platonic dialogue: what assumptions about the text are made or ought to be made, and how do these assumptions illumine or conceal the content of the dialogues? The second theme concerns Plato's reasons for writing dialogues as distinguished from treatises, Plato being the only western philosopher to have written almost exclusively in dialogue fo…
Ideology and the humanities: Questions whispered to dissenters
Self-knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Washington Mall: Philosophical Thoughts on Political Iconography
The Ideas and the Criticism of Poetry in Plato's Republic, Book 10
The Ideas and the Criticism of Poetry in Plato's Republic, Book 10 CHARLES GRISWOLD ONE OF THE most frequently cited passages in Plato that bears directly on the nature and number of Ideas occurs at the start of the Republic, Book 10. Here Socrates invokes a "customary procedure" to "set down some one particular form for each of the particular 'manys' to which we apply the same name" (596a5-8). 1 Thus we seem to have, all at once, the conceptual …
Aristotle's Political Theory: An Introduction for Students of Political Theory
Reply to My Critics
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCharles L. GriswoldCharles L. Griswold, Jr. is professor of philosophy at Boston University. He is author of Self-knowledge in Plato's “Phaedrus” and Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment, and editor of Platonic Writings/Platonic Readings. He has also written numerous articles on ancient philosophy, the history of ethics and of political philosophy, and the Scottish Enlightenment
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Washington Mall: Philosophical Thoughts on Political Iconography
Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment
Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment
Charles Griswold has written a comprehensive philosophical study of Smith's moral and political thought. Griswold sets Smith's work in the context of the Enlightenment and relates it to current discussions in moral and political philosophy. Smith's appropriation as well as criticism of ancient philosophy, and his carefully balanced defence of a liberal and humane moral and political outlook, are also explored. This 1999 book is a major philosophi…
Happiness, tranquillity, and philosophy
Despite the near universal desire for happiness, relatively little philosophy has been done to determine what "happiness" means. In this paper I examine happiness (in the long‐term sense), and argue that it is best understood in terms of tranquillity. This is not merely "contentment." Rather, happiness requires reflection—the kind of reflection characteristic of philosophy. Happiness is the product of correctly assessing its conditions, and like …
Nature and philosophy: Adam Smith on stoicism, aesthetic reconciliation, and imagination
Genealogical narrative and self-knowledge in Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality among Men
Why did Rousseau cast the substance of the Second Discourse in the form of a genealogy? In this essay the author attempts to work out the relation between the literary form (genealogical narrative, as the author calls it) of the Discourse's two main parts and the content. A key thesis of Rousseau's text concerns our lack of self-knowledge, indeed, our ignorance of our ignorance. The author argues that in a number of ways genealogical narrative is…
Aristotle's Political Theory: An Introduction for Students of Political Theory
The Ideas and the Criticism of Poetry in Plato's Republic, Book 10
The Ideas and the Criticism of Poetry in Plato's Republic, Book 10 CHARLES GRISWOLD ONE OF THE most frequently cited passages in Plato that bears directly on the nature and number of Ideas occurs at the start of the Republic, Book 10. Here Socrates invokes a "customary procedure" to "set down some one particular form for each of the particular 'manys' to which we apply the same name" (596a5-8). 1 Thus we seem to have, all at once, the conceptual …
Self-knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Washington Mall: Philosophical Thoughts on Political Iconography
Ideology and the humanities: Questions whispered to dissenters
Books in Review
Platonic Writings/Platonic Readings
The contributors to this volume focus on two main themes. First, the general problem of interpreting a Platonic dialogue: what assumptions about the text are made or ought to be made, and how do these assumptions illumine or conceal the content of the dialogues? The second theme concerns Plato's reasons for writing dialogues as distinguished from treatises, Plato being the only western philosopher to have written almost exclusively in dialogue fo…
Nature and philosophy: Adam Smith on stoicism, aesthetic reconciliation, and imagination
Happiness, tranquillity, and philosophy
Despite the near universal desire for happiness, relatively little philosophy has been done to determine what "happiness" means. In this paper I examine happiness (in the long‐term sense), and argue that it is best understood in terms of tranquillity. This is not merely "contentment." Rather, happiness requires reflection—the kind of reflection characteristic of philosophy. Happiness is the product of correctly assessing its conditions, and like …
Religion and Community: Adam Smith on the Virtues of Liberty
Religion and Community: Adam Smith on the Virtues of Liberty CHARLES L. GRISWOLD, JR. The good temper and moderation of contending factions seems to be the most esgential circumstance in the publick morals of a free people. Adam Smith' THE ARCHITECTS of what one might call "classical" or "Enlightenment" liberalism saw themselves as committed to refuting the claims to political sovereignty by organized religion. ~ The arguments against the legitim…
Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment
Charles Griswold has written a comprehensive philosophical study of Smith's moral and political thought. Griswold sets Smith's work in the context of the Enlightenment and relates it to current discussions in moral and political philosophy. Smith's appropriation as well as criticism of ancient philosophy, and his carefully balanced defence of a liberal and humane moral and political outlook, are also explored. This 1999 book is a major philosophi…
E Pluribus Unum? On the Platonic ‘Corpus’
Book in Review
Adam Smith and the virtues of enlightenment
"Charles Griswold has written the first comprehensive philosophical study of Smith's moral and political thought. Griswold sets Smith's work in the context of the continuing debate about the nature and survival of the Enlightenment, and also relates it to current discussions in moral philosophy." "This is a major historical and philosophical reassessment of a key figure in the Enlightenment that will be of particular interest to philosophers and …
Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment
Reply to My Critics
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCharles L. GriswoldCharles L. Griswold, Jr. is professor of philosophy at Boston University. He is author of Self-knowledge in Plato's “Phaedrus” and Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment, and editor of Platonic Writings/Platonic Readings. He has also written numerous articles on ancient philosophy, the history of ethics and of political philosophy, and the Scottish Enlightenment
Irony in the Platonic Dialogues
Philosophy and Literature - Volume 26, Number 1, April 2002
Religion and Community
Etude de la critique des religions d'etat entreprise par A. Smith dans son ouvrage intitule «The wealth of nations», a la lumiere de la psychologie morale developpee dans «Theory of moral sentiments» qui rend compte de la nature du sentiment religieux. Examinant le lien entre structure institutionnelle, vertu et psychologie morale, l'A. montre que la position liberale de Smith revendique la neutralite de l'Etat en matiere de vie bonne et inscrit …
Philosophers in the Agora
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCharles L. GriswoldCharles L. Griswold, Jr. is chairman and professor of philosophy at Boston University. He is the author of Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment (1999) and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus (1986, rpt. 1988) and is the editor of Platonic Writings/Platonic Readings (1988, rpt. 2002)
Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration
Nearly everyone has wronged another. Who among us has not longed to be forgiven? Who has not struggled to forgive? Charles Griswold has written the first comprehensive philosophical book on forgiveness in both its interpersonal and political contexts, as well as its relation to reconciliation. Having examined the place of forgiveness in ancient philosophy and in modern thought, he discusses what forgiveness is, what conditions the parties to it m…
Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration
Socrates’ Political Philosophy
I believe that I’m one of a few Athenians – so as not to say I’m the only one, but the only one among our contemporaries – to take up the true political craft and practice the true politics. This is because the speeches I make on each occasion do not aim at gratification but at what’s best.Socrates
Ancient Forgiveness: Classical, Judaic, and Christian
Genealogical narrative and self-knowledge in Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality among Men
Why did Rousseau cast the substance of the Second Discourse in the form of a genealogy? In this essay the author attempts to work out the relation between the literary form (genealogical narrative, as the author calls it) of the Discourse's two main parts and the content. A key thesis of Rousseau's text concerns our lack of self-knowledge, indeed, our ignorance of our ignorance. The author argues that in a number of ways genealogical narrative is…
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