Philosophy, wisdom and happiness in Plato’s “Lysis” and “Euthydemus”

Authors

  • William Henry Furness Altman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/thau.v9i1.172

Keywords:

philosophy, μεταξύ, First Friend or πρῶτον φίλον, lovers, εὖ πράττειν

Abstract

In opposition to a eudaemonist reading of Plato’s Euthydemus that accepts uncritically Socrates’ claim that wisdom is the only good, this article points to the central role of philosophy in Lysis – where it is defined as in between wisdom and ignorance – in reaching the true summit of Plato’s thought: the Idea of the Good.

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Published

2022-03-14

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Eudaimonia socratica e cura dell’altro | Socratic Eudaimonia and Care for Others

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