<i>Republic</i> I and Criticism of the Socratic <i>Elenchus</i>
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Aug 21, 2013
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justice method Plato refutation Socrates
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Book I of Plato’s Republic differs notably in style and philosophical strategy from books II-X. In this paper I explain why there is such a difference. I defend a novel version of a well-known thesis: that the main role of Republic I is to criticize Socrates. My interpretation is novel in two respects: (a) I emphasize that the critique is directed exclusively to Socrates’ philosophical method (the elenchus) and not to some specific Socratic doctrine, and (b) I claim that Republic I shows that the elenchus may fail in two different ways: by failure of the elenchus’ preferred dialectical weapon (the techne analogy, Cleitophon) and by failure of one of the conditions of possibility of the dialogue (basic agreement about values and virtues, Thrasymachus).
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González Varela, J. E. “<i>Republic</i> I and Criticism of the Socratic <i>Elenchus</I>”. Noua Tellus, vol. 30, no. 2, Aug. 2013, doi:10.19130/iifl.nt.2012.30.2.419.
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