The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault

The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault
ISBN-10
0520224906
ISBN-13
9780520224902
Series
The Art of Living
Category
Philosophy
Pages
283
Language
English
Published
2000-03
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Alexander Nehamas

Description

In this wide-ranging, brilliantly written account, Nehamas provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault.

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