Crito 51A-C
To what does Socrates owe obedience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11585477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darrel D Colson (1Louisiana Scholars' College, at Northwestern State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1-3 |
| Pages | 27-55 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phronesis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8868 • E-ISSN: 1568-5284 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852889x00026 |
| OpenAlex | W2003385503 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Though many scholars have attempted to resolve the apparent inconsistency between Apology 29C-D and Crito 51A-C,I I do not think that any has done an adequate job. As ingenious as some of these attempts have been, they either leave crucial parts of the Socratic puzzle unsolved or they complicate the puzzle still further. The cause of this widespread failure, I shall argue, has been almost universal inattention to the full text of the Laws' speech in the Crito.2 My intent, however, is not so much to identify the shortcomings of my predecessors as to focus attention on that speech, for, when carefully read, it not only helps us solve the traditional dilemma, but also sheds needed light on Socrates' puzzling relationship with the Athenian polis. In other words, I shall employ the dilemma presented by the Apology and the Crito as a point of departure into an investigation of Socrates' understanding of the allegiance he owes to his polity.3
Allegiance · Ancient philosophy · Dilemma · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Hubris · Obedience · Political science · Politics · Polity · SOCRATES · Socratic method · Theology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2017 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |