Socrates Or On Human Knowledge
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Socrates Or On Human Knowledge
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Author : Simone Luzzatto
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-08-19
Socrates Or On Human Knowledge written by Simone Luzzatto and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-19 with History categories.
Socrates, Or On Human Knowledge, published in Venice in 1651, is the only work written by a Jew that contains so far the promise of a genuinely sceptical investigation into the validity of human certainties. Simone Luzzatto masterly developed this book as a pièce of theatre where Socrates, as main actor, has the task to demonstrate the limits and weaknesses of the human capacity to acquire knowledge without being guided by revelation. He achieved this goal by offering an overview of the various and contradictory gnosiological opinions disseminated since ancient times: the divergence of views, to which he addressed the most attention, prevented him from giving a fixed definition of the nature of the cognitive process. This obliged him to come to the audacious conclusion of neither affirming nor denying anything concerning human knowledge, and finally of suspending his judgement altogether. This work unfortunately had little success in Luzzatto’s lifetime, and was subsequently almost forgotten. The absence of substantial evidence from his contemporaries and that of his epistolary have thus increased the difficulty of tracing not only its legacy in the history of philosophical though, but also of understanding the circumstances surrounding the writing of his Socrates. The present edition will be a preliminary study aiming to shed some light on the philosophical and historical value of this work’s translation, indeed it will provide a broader readership with the opportunity to access this immensely complicated work and also to grasp some aspects of the composite intellectual framework and admirable modernity of Venetian Jewish culture in the ghetto.
Socrates Or On Human Knowledge
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Author : Simone Luzzatto
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-08-19
Socrates Or On Human Knowledge written by Simone Luzzatto and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-19 with History categories.
Socrates, Or On Human Knowledge, published in Venice in 1651, is the only work written by a Jew that contains so far the promise of a genuinely sceptical investigation into the validity of human certainties. Simone Luzzatto masterly developed this book as a pièce of theatre where Socrates, as main actor, has the task to demonstrate the limits and weaknesses of the human capacity to acquire knowledge without being guided by revelation. He achieved this goal by offering an overview of the various and contradictory gnosiological opinions disseminated since ancient times: the divergence of views, to which he addressed the most attention, prevented him from giving a fixed definition of the nature of the cognitive process. This obliged him to come to the audacious conclusion of neither affirming nor denying anything concerning human knowledge, and finally of suspending his judgement altogether. This work unfortunately had little success in Luzzatto’s lifetime, and was subsequently almost forgotten. The absence of substantial evidence from his contemporaries and that of his epistolary have thus increased the difficulty of tracing not only its legacy in the history of philosophical though, but also of understanding the circumstances surrounding the writing of his Socrates. The present edition will be a preliminary study aiming to shed some light on the philosophical and historical value of this work’s translation, indeed it will provide a broader readership with the opportunity to access this immensely complicated work and also to grasp some aspects of the composite intellectual framework and admirable modernity of Venetian Jewish culture in the ghetto.
Philosophy And Knowledge
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Author : Ronald M. Polansky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Philosophy And Knowledge written by Ronald M. Polansky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Philosophy categories.
The Theaetetus provides Plato's fullest discussion of human knowledge and is a rich vehicle for reflection upon its topic. Polansky's commentary demonstrates that the dialogue in fact holds the complete Platonic account of knowledge -- an account which is as sophisticated as any offered by contemporary philosophers.
Socratic Virtue
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Author : Naomi Reshotko
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-08-03
Socratic Virtue written by Naomi Reshotko and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-03 with Philosophy categories.
Socrates was not a moral philosopher. Instead he was a theorist who showed how human desire and human knowledge complement one another in the pursuit of human happiness. His theory allowed him to demonstrate that actions and objects have no value other than that which they derive from their employment by individuals who, inevitably, desire their own happiness and have the knowledge to use actions and objects as a means for its attainment. The result is a naturalised, practical, and demystified account of good and bad, and right and wrong. Professor Reshotko presents a freshly envisioned Socratic theory residing at the intersection of the philosophy of mind and ethics. It makes an important contribution to the study of the Platonic dialogues and will also interest all scholars of ethics and moral psychology.
Plato S Socrates Philosophy And Education
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Author : James M. Magrini
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-12-01
Plato S Socrates Philosophy And Education written by James M. Magrini and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-01 with Education categories.
This book develops for the readers Plato’s Socrates’ non-formalized “philosophical practice” of learning-through-questioning in the company of others. In doing so, the writer confronts Plato’s Socrates, in the words of John Dewey, as the “dramatic, restless, cooperatively inquiring philosopher" of the dialogues, whose view of education and learning is unique: (1) It is focused on actively pursuing a form of philosophical understanding irreducible to truth of a propositional nature, which defies “transfer” from practitioner to pupil; (2) It embraces the perennial “on-the-wayness” of education and learning in that to interrogate the virtues, or the “good life,” through the practice of the dialectic, is to continually renew the quest for a deeper understanding of things by returning to, reevaluating and modifying the questions originally posed regarding the “good life.” Indeed Socratic philosophy is a life of questioning those aspects of existence that are most question-worthy; and (3) It accepts that learning is a process guided and structured by dialectic inquiry, and is already immanent within and possible only because of the unfolding of the process itself, i.e., learning is not a goal that somehow stands outside the dialectic as its end product, which indicates erroneously that the method or practice is disposable. For learning occurs only through continued, sustained communal dialogue.
In Search For Human Essence
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Author : Brian Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-02
In Search For Human Essence written by Brian Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-02 with categories.
The know thyself (Gnothi Seauton), inscribed in the temple of Delphi in Ancient Greece, and assigned to one of the Seven Sages of Antiquity, was popularized by Socrates, and after more than 2,400 years, it is still current. Some questions about this commandment went through the history of philosophy and still today are objects of reflections: why to know thyself? How to know thyself? What to know? The answers are in the very texts that describe the Socratic dialogues.Without intending to join the harvest of deep philosophical discussions, the author analyzes these reflections attributed to Socrates under the optics of the philosophy of religion and theology, without being tied to any particular religious group. With a language accessible and supported on messages of philosophers and spiritualists of all ages, like Buddha and Jesus, the assay allows the reader, even without previous philosophical knowledge, to reflect on one of the main messages of Antiquity for humanity.
Socrates Meets Hume
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Author : Peter Kreeft
language : en
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Socrates Meets Hume written by Peter Kreeft and has been published by Ignatius Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Religion categories.
This book is the 6th book in a series of Socratic explorations of some of the Great Books. The books in this series are intended to be short, clear, and non-technical, thus fully understandable by beginners. Through such Socratic dialogues, Peter Kreeft introduces (or reviews) the basic questions in the fundamental divisions of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, anthropology, ethics, logic, and method. In Socrates Meets Hume, Kreeft presents a Socratic examination of enquiry concerning human understanding in relation to the skepticism of Hume, posing questions that challenge the concepts that Hume proposed. Kreeft states that Hume is the "most formidable, serious, difficult-to-refute skeptic in the history of human thought." Kreeft invites you to take part in the process of refuting Hume's skeptical arguments, with the aid of Socrates. Based on an imaginary dialogue between Socrates and Hume that takes place in the afterlife, this profound and witty book makes an entertaining and informative exploration of modern philosophy.
The Life Of Reason
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Author : George Santayana
language : en
Publisher: 谷月社
Release Date : 2015-11-26
The Life Of Reason written by George Santayana and has been published by 谷月社 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-26 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Whatever forces may govern human life, if they are to be recognised by man, must betray themselves in human experience. Progress in science or religion, no less than in morals and art, is a dramatic episode in man's career, a welcome variation in his habit and state of mind; although this variation may often regard or propitiate things external, adjustment to which may be important for his welfare. The importance of these external things, as well as their existence, he can establish only by the function and utility which a recognition of them may have in his life. The entire history of progress is a moral drama, a tale man might unfold in a great autobiography, could his myriad heads and countless scintillas of consciousness conspire, like the seventy Alexandrian sages, in a single version of the truth committed to each for interpretation. What themes would prevail in such an examination of heart? In what order and with what emphasis would they be recounted? In which of its adventures would the human race, reviewing its whole experience, acknowledge a progress and a gain? To answer these questions, as they may be answered speculatively and provisionally by an individual, is the purpose of the following work.
Virtue Is Knowledge
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Author : Lorraine Smith Pangle
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2014-05-23
Virtue Is Knowledge written by Lorraine Smith Pangle and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-23 with Philosophy categories.
The relation between virtue and knowledge is at the heart of the Socratic view of human excellence, but it also points to a central puzzle of the Platonic dialogues: Can Socrates be serious in his claims that human excellence is constituted by one virtue, that vice is merely the result of ignorance, and that the correct response to crime is therefore not punishment but education? Or are these assertions mere rhetorical ploys by a notoriously complex thinker? Lorraine Smith Pangle traces the argument for the primacy of virtue and the power of knowledge throughout the five dialogues that feature them most prominently—the Apology, Gorgias, Protagoras, Meno, and Laws—and reveals the truth at the core of these seemingly strange claims. She argues that Socrates was more aware of the complex causes of human action and of the power of irrational passions than a cursory reading might suggest. Pangle’s perceptive analyses reveal that many of Socrates’s teachings in fact explore the factors that make it difficult for humans to be the rational creatures that he at first seems to claim. Also critical to Pangle’s reading is her emphasis on the political dimensions of the dialogues. Underlying many of the paradoxes, she shows, is a distinction between philosophic and civic virtue that is critical to understanding them. Ultimately, Pangle offers a radically unconventional way of reading Socrates’s views of human excellence: Virtue is not knowledge in any ordinary sense, but true virtue is nothing other than wisdom.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Author : John Locke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding written by John Locke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with Knowledge, Theory of categories.