Plato’s Apologies and Socrates in the Theaetetus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23138070 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A A Long (0000-0002-7447-7237, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Pages | 113-136 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Method in ancient philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198235712.003.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W4388215545 |
| ISBN | 9780198235712 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
My purpose in this essay is to approach Plato’s philosophical methodology by way of questions concerning his representation of Socrates, especially in the Theaetetus.1 It will be widely agreed, l assume, that this dialogue in its transmitted form is one of the last works in which Plato assigns the central role to Socrates. Stylometry and content suggest for it a date of composition close to the Parmenides and Phaedrus and certainly prior to the Sophist.2 As a working hypothesis, I begin by assuming, like many scholars, that Plato wrote the Theaetetus after the Parmenides (which is probably alluded to at Tht. r83e) and Phaedrus. If the argument I will develop has force, it should provide independent support for this assumption.
Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Political science · Representation (politics) · SOCRATES · Sophist · Chemistry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |