An Image of the Soul in Speech

Contents

1. Introduction: Plato’s Socrates on the “Problem of Socrates”

2. Republic Book 1: Philosophy and Cultural Decadence

3. Polemarchus, Politics, and Action

4. Thrasymachus, Rhetoric, and the Art of Rule

5. Gorgias and the Divine Work of Persuasion

6. Protagoras, Antinaturalism, and the Political Art

7. Tyrannical Eros and the Philosophic Orientation of the Republic

8. Imitation and Experience

9. Poetry, Psychology, and τò θυμoειδες

10. Psychology and Ontology

Conclusion: An Image of the Soul in Speech

References

Index

“In extending and deepening our understanding of Plato’s depiction of Socrates’ subtle sense of human motivation, thought and action, this book makes a valuable contribution to the large body of scholarship on the figure of Socrates.”

—Sara Brill, Polis