The unity of the virtues in Eudemian ethics /
"In the Laches, virtue is conceived as a whole with parts and the parts are virtues such as courage (190 c-d). In the Protagoras, Socrates asks Protagoras whether the virtues are like parts of gold or like parts in a face (329 d). With regard to the view presented in the Protagoras, scholars de...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "In the Laches, virtue is conceived as a whole with parts and the parts are virtues such as courage (190 c-d). In the Protagoras, Socrates asks Protagoras whether the virtues are like parts of gold or like parts in a face (329 d). With regard to the view presented in the Protagoras, scholars debate on whether Plato offers a coherent view that the virtues are like the parts in a face, or whether he thinks that they are like the parts of gold, cf. Devereux 1992, 765-89. For the first view, see Sedley 2014, 65-91; for the second view, see Vlastos 1973, 221-69. For the idea that the virtues are all names for knowledge of good and evil, see Penner 1973, 35-68. This identity thesis has been defended by Taylor 1976, 103; Irwin 1977, 86-90; Ferejohn 1982, 1-21; Ferejohn 1983-4, 377-88; Schofield 1984, 83-95. For a recent perspective on the unity of the virtues in Plato, see Jenks 2022"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (unpaged) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197801315 9780197801338 0197801331 9780197801314 9780197801321 0197801323 |