Open Access‘‘Plato Socraticus’ – The Apology of Socrates and Euthyphro
Author(s) -
Michael Erler
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
peitho
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2300-9004
pISSN - 2082-7539
DOI - 10.14746/pea.2011.1.5
Subject(s) - socrates , socratic method , dialogical self , philosophy , soul , epistemology , form of the good , literature , art
The present paper focuses on the two works of Plato’s first tetralogyso as to bring out and generally characterize the Socratic dimensionof Plato’s philosophizing. It is common knowledge that Socrates’ trialand defense inspired Plato to engage in dialogical writing which culminatedin the famous logoi Sokratikoi. The article deals with the followingissues: 1. Philosophy as a ‘care for the soul’ in the Apology; 2. “The unexaminedlife is not worth living for a human being” (Ap. 38a); 3. Philosophyas a service to the god in the Euthyphro; 4. Socrates’ elenchos;5. Plato’s logoi Sokratikoi. While the issues are lively debated in thesubject literature, the present paper makes references to several importantstudies and to the broader account of Plato’s philosophy that is to befound in Erler 2006 and Erler 2007.