Encyclopedia of Classical PhilosophyDonald J. Zeyl, Daniel Devereux, Phillip Mitsis The only encyclopedia in English specific to the field of Classical Philosophy, this work presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity. The articles present not only succinct historical accounts of their subject matter, but they introduce readers to issues of interpretation and debate in the contemporary scholarly study of the philosophy of the Classical period. Scholars, students, and interested lay persons will find this volume useful in gaining a comprehensive view of the field. The contributors, representing three continents, are themselves leading scholars of international stature. |
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... virtue ( Ap . 28b5-9 ) , he is prepared to defend his claim on the ground that virtue is always a good . Scholars continue to dispute , however , about Socrates ' conception of the relationship between virtue and happiness and about ...
... virtue and virtue itself to be the knowl- edge of how to produce that product . Understanding Socrates ' concep- tion of happiness as right activity produced by the technĂȘ of virtue also allows for an explanation of Socrates ' claims ...
... virtue is created by Socrates ' conviction that moral virtue is like a technĂȘ . If the virtuous are like true craftsmen in the relevant ways , they would be able to produce the moral ergon uniquely and unerringly . Moreover , a crafts ...
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