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Socrates Among Strangers
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Socrates Among Strangers Paperback - 2015

by Joseph P. Lawrence


From the publisher

In Socrates among Strangers, Joseph P. Lawrence reclaims the enigmatic sage from those who have seen him either as a prophet of science, seeking the security of knowledge, or as a wily actor who shed light on the dangerous world of politics while maintaining a prudent distance from it. The Socrates Lawrence seeks is the imprudent one, the man who knew how to die.

The institutionalization of philosophy in the modern world has come at the cost of its most vital concern: the achievement of life wisdom. Those who have ceased to grow (those who think they know) close their ears to the wisdom of strangers--and Socrates, who stood face to face with death, is the archetypal stranger. His avowal of ignorance, Lawrence suggests, is more needed than ever in an age defined by technical mastery and expert knowledge.

Details

  • Title Socrates Among Strangers
  • Author Joseph P. Lawrence
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Northwestern University Press
  • Date 2015
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780810131699 / 0810131692
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Philosophy, Ancient, Socrates
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015025326
  • Dewey Decimal Code 183.2

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  • Choice, 08/01/2016, Page 0

About the author

JOSEPH P. LAWRENCE

is a professor of philosophy at Holy Cross College in western Massachusetts.