Socrates’ Lesson to Hippothales in Plato’s Lysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21303847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew D Walker (0000-0002-5915-9898, Yale-NUS College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 551-566 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Classical Philology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-837X • E-ISSN: 1546-072X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/708811 |
| OpenAlex | W3041530588 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
In the opening of Plato’s Lysis, Socrates criticizes the love-besotted Hippothales’ way of speaking to, and about, Hippothales’ yearned-for Lysis. Socrates subsequently proceeds to demonstrate (ἐπιδεῖξαι) how Hippothales should converse with Lysis (206c5–6). But how should we assess Socrates’ criticisms of, and demonstration to, Hippothales? Are they defensible by Socrates’ own standards, as well as independent criteria? In this note, I first articulate and assess Socrates’ criticisms of Hippothales. Second, I identify, examine, and respond to puzzles to which Socrates’ demonstration to Hippothales gives rise
Converse · Epistemology · Lysis · SOCRATES · Socratic method · Biochemistry · Chemistry · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |