No One Errs Willingly

The Meaning of Socratic Intellectualism

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ID23155753
AuthorsHeda Šegvić (corresponding author)
Year2000
Pages1-45
Publication date2000-11-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueOxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume XIX (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780199242269.003.0001
OpenAlexW4388258217
ISBN9780199242269
LanguageEN
Citations received15

The Western philosophical tradition is deeply indebted to the figure of Socrates. The question ‘How should one live?’ has rightly been called ‘the Socratic question’. Socrates’ method of cross examining his interlocutors has often been seen as a paradigmatic form of philosophical enquiry, and his own life as an epitome of the philosophical life. What philosophers and non-philosophers alike have often found disappointing in Socrates is his intellectualism. A prominent complaint about Socratic intellectualism has been memorably recorded by Alexander Nehamas: ‘And George Grote both expressed the consensus of the ages and set the stage for modern

Art · Epistemology · Intellectualism · Literature · Meaning (existential) · SOCRATES · Socratic method · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Philosophy

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