The Second Alcibiades: A Platonist Dialogue on Prayer and on Ignorance

by Harold Tarrant

Providing a challenging new interpretation of the Second Alcibiades from the Platonic corpus, this treatment sees the dialogue not only as a work of philosophic ethics, but also as one steeped in ancient literature, particularly Euripidean tragedy. The dialogue's philosophy is underpinned by an epistemology paying special attention to one's personal viewpoint, as its language shows. Dramatically, it presents a Socrates who falls into a similar trap...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1733535780
• ISBN13: 9781733535786
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Parmenides Publishing
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"