Protagoras.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 3233 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 160 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 1997 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251799155 |
Bilingual collection. When the youth of Athens flock to receive lessons from the illustrious sophist Protagoras, do they really know what they are seeking? Do they know that they are exposing their souls, and with them the entire city, to the effects of a teaching whose nature they do not understand? By raising these questions at the beginning of Protagoras, Socrates introduces one of Plato's most subtle and richest dialogues. The confrontation between Socrates and Protagoras addresses the great themes of Platonism: the question of the teaching of virtue, the true nature of wisdom, the conditions for the proper use of pleasures, the fascination exerted by discourse and appearances, but also, and perhaps above all, the problem of social cohesion and the unity of the city.
Bilingual collection. When the youth of Athens flock to receive lessons from the illustrious sophist Protagoras, do they really know what they are seeking? Do they know that they are exposing their souls, and with them the entire city, to the effects of a teaching whose nature they do not understand? By raising these questions at the beginning of Protagoras, Socrates introduces one of Plato's most subtle and richest dialogues. The confrontation between Socrates and Protagoras addresses the great themes of Platonism: the question of the teaching of virtue, the true nature of wisdom, the conditions for the proper use of pleasures, the fascination exerted by discourse and appearances, but also, and perhaps above all, the problem of social cohesion and the unity of the city.