Socrates and Protagoras on Holiness and Justice ("Protagoras" 330c-332a)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3939685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard D Mckirahan, Richard Mckirahan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 342 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1088397 |
| OpenAlex | W2335659284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION raised in the Protagoras is how the virtues are related to one another. Socrates believes that the virtues are the same,1 Protagoras (330a-b, 349c) that they are distinct and dissimilar parts of virtue, different kinds of things, each with its own power. Major philosophical passages of the Protagoras (330-334, 349-end) see Socrates attempting to win Protagoras over to his view. Initially he argues for the sameness of pairs of virtues. First justice and holiness (330c-332a), then wisdom and sophrosyne (332a-333b). He next apparently sets out (333b-e) to show that justice is the same as sophrosyne, but the argument is broken off. When the discussion resumes, Protagoras admits that these
Art · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Literature · Political science · SOCRATES · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |