Socrates and Money
The Translation of Plato, Apology 30b2-4
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10287385 |
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| Authors | Anthony Francis Natoli (0000-0002-3146-5455, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-81 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568525x-12341736 |
| OpenAlex | W394328462 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The controversy over the translation of Plato, Apology 30b2-4 began officially with the publication of John Burnet’s Oxford edition and commentary in 1924. The aim of the present paper is to prove that the standard translation rejected by Burnet is both preferable on linguistic grounds and is also an accurate reflection of Socrates’ philosophical position in the Apology . In the first part of the paper, I present an augmented version of the argument of De Strycker and Slings and then provide three novel arguments of a philological nature based on linguistic parallels and popular usage in support of the standard translation. In the second part I examine the immediate context of the aphorism and conclude that Socrates held money to be a good for mankind (albeit a contingent good) when it is produced ex aretês , that is by the truly virtuous individual or state
Aphorism · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Literature · Philology · Political science · SOCRATES · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · History · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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