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020			_a9780226394312 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aB382 _b.S674 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aBartlett, Robert C., _d1964- _e1
245	1	0	_aSophistry and political philosophy : _bProtagoras' challenge to Socrates / _cRobert C. Bartlett.
260			_aChicago : _bThe University of Chicago Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (v, 248 pages)
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	8		_aOne of the central challenges to contemporary political philosophy is the apparent impossibility of arriving at any commonly agreed upon "truths." As Nietzsche observed in his Will to Power, the currents of relativism that have come to characterize modern thought can be said to have been born with ancient sophistry. If we seek to understand the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary radical relativism, we must therefore look first to the sophists of antiquity the most famous and challenging of whom is Protagoras. With this book, Robert C. Bartlett provides the first close reading of Plato's two-part presentation of Protagoras. In the "Protagoras," Plato sets out the sophist's moral and political teachings, while the "Theaetetus," offers a distillation of his theoretical and epistemological arguments. Taken together, the two dialogues demonstrate that Protagoras is attracted to one aspect of conventional morality the nobility of courage, which in turn is connected to piety. This insight leads Bartlett to a consideration of the similarities and differences in the relationship of political philosophy and sophistry to pious faith. Bartlett's superb exegesis offers a significant tool for understanding the history of philosophy, but, in tracing Socrates's response to Protagoras' teachings, Bartlett also builds toward a richer understanding of both ancient sophistry and what Socrates meant by "political philosophy."
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600	0	0	_aPlato --
600	0	0	_aPlato --
600	0	0	_aProtagoras.
650		0	_aPhilosophy-Ancient
650		0	_aSophists (Greek philosophy)
650		0	_aPolitical science _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Ancient.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
690			_aPhilosophy-Ancient
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1334084&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell