A Companion to Socrates

Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him Covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to contemporary European philosophy Examines Socrates’ place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe Addresses interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art Helps readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages

Notes on Contributors x Preface xiv Acknowledgments xxiv PART ONE: SOCRATES IN ANTIQUITY Section I: Biography and Sources 1 The Trial and Death of Socrates 5 Debra Nails 2 Socrates and Euripides 21 Christian Wildberg 3 Socrates Among the Sophists 36 Paul Woodruff 4 Socrates the Freethinker 48 Richard Janko 5 How Does Socrates’ Divine Sign Communicate with Him? 63 A. A. Long 6 Socrates, Antisthenes, and the Cynics 75 Susan Prince 7 Xenophon’s Socrates 93 Louis-André Dorion 8 Picturing Socrates 110 Kenneth Lapatin Section II: Plato 9 Socrates in Plato’s Dialogues 159 Christopher Rowe 10 No One Errs Willingly: The Meaning of Socratic Intellectualism 171 Heda Segvic 11 Socratic Love 186 George Rudebusch 12 Socrates and Religious Experience 200 John Bussanich 13 The Politics of Plato’s Socrates 214 Rachana Kamtekar 14 The Examined Life 228 Richard Kraut 15 Socrates: Seeker or Preacher? 243 Roslyn Weiss 16 Socratic Method and Socratic Truth 254 Harold Tarrant Section III: Hellenistic Philosophy 17 Socrates in the Stoa 275 Eric Brown 18 Socrates and Epictetus 285 Tad Brennan 19 Socrates and Skepticism 299 Richard Bett PART TWO: SOCRATES AFTER ANTIQUITY Section IV: From the Medieval Period to Modernity 20 Socrates in Arabic Philosophy 317 Ilai Alon 21 Socrates in the Italian Renaissance 337 James Hankins 22 The Private Life of Socrates in Early Modern France 353 Daniel R. McLean 23 Socrates in Hegel and Others 368 Nicholas White Section V: The Modern Period 24 Kierkegaard’s Socratic Point of View 389 Paul Muench 25 Nietzsche and “The Problem of Socrates” 406 James I. Porter 26 The Socratic Hermeneutics of Heidegger and Gadamer 426 Francisco J. Gonzalez 27 The Socratic Method and Psychoanalysis 442 Jonathan Lear 28 Lacan and Socrates 463 Mark Buchan 29 From Grade School to Law School: Socrates’ Legacy in Education 476 Avi Mintz 30 Socrates’ Definitional Inquiries and the History of Philosophy 493 Hayden W. Ausland Index 511