{"product_id":"the-socratic-paradox-and-its-enemies-9780226891736","title":"The Socratic Paradox and Its Enemies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Roslyn Weiss\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The Socratic Paradox and Its Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e, Roslyn Weiss argues that the Socratic paradoxes--no one does wrong willingly, virtue is knowledge, and all the virtues are one--are best understood as Socrates' way of combating sophistic views: that no one is willingly \u003ci\u003ejust\u003c\/i\u003e, those who are just and temperate are ignorant fools, and only some virtues (courage and wisdom) but not others (justice, temperance, and piety) are marks of true excellence. \u003cbr\u003e In Weiss's view, the paradoxes express Socrates' belief that wrongdoing fails to yield the happiness that all people want; it is therefore the unjust and immoderate who are the fools. The paradoxes thus emerge as Socrates' means of championing the cause of justice in the face of those who would impugn it. Her fresh approach--ranging over six of Plato's dialogues--is sure to spark debate in philosophy, classics, and political theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"Regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with Weiss, it would be hard not to admire her extraordinarily penetrating analysis of the many overlapping and interweaving arguments running through the dialogues.\"--Daniel B. Gallagher, \u003ci\u003eClassical Outlook \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \"Many scholars of Socratic philosophy . . . will wish they had written Weiss's book, or at least will wish that they had long ago read it.\"--Douglas V. Henry, \u003ci\u003eReview of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47586420654231,"sku":"9780226891736","price":3956.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226891736.webp?v=1774964057","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-socratic-paradox-and-its-enemies-9780226891736","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}