{"product_id":"sophistry-and-political-philosophy-protagoras-challenge-to-socrates-9780226639697","title":"Sophistry and Political Philosophy: Protagoras' Challenge to Socrates","description":"One of the central challenges to contemporary political philosophy is the apparent impossibility of arriving at any commonly agreed upon \"truths.\" As Nietzsche observed in his \u003ci\u003eWill to Power, \u003c\/i\u003e the currents of relativism that have come to characterize modern thought can be said to have been born with ancient sophistry. If we seek to understand the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary radical relativism, we must therefore look first to the sophists of antiquity--the most famous and challenging of whom is Protagoras. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eSophistry and Political Philosophy, \u003c\/i\u003e Robert C. Bartlett provides the first close reading of Plato's two-part presentation of Protagoras. In the \"Protagoras,\" Plato sets out the sophist's moral and political teachings, while the \"Theaetetus,\" offers a distillation of his theoretical and epistemological arguments. Taken together, the two dialogues demonstrate that Protagoras is attracted to one aspect of conventional morality--the nobility of courage, which in turn is connected to piety. This insight leads Bartlett to a consideration of the similarities and differences in the relationship of political philosophy and sophistry to pious faith. Bartlett's superb exegesis offers a significant tool for understanding the history of philosophy, but, in tracing Socrates's response to Protagoras' teachings, Bartlett also builds toward a richer understanding of both ancient sophistry and what Socrates meant by \"political philosophy.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert C. Bartlett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226639697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert C. Bartlett\u003c\/b\u003e is the Behrakis Professor of Hellenic Political Studies at Boston College. He is the author or editor or seven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Enlightenment, \u003c\/i\u003e Plato's \u003ci\u003e\"Protagoras\" and \"Meno,\"\u003c\/i\u003e and Xenophon's \u003ci\u003eThe Shorter Socratic Writings, \u003c\/i\u003e and cotranslator of \u003ci\u003eAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, \u003c\/i\u003e also published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44813100875891,"sku":"9780226639697","price":50.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0b57902b-b9aa-4955-97d9-efe7220390b9.jpg?v=1776777595","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/sophistry-and-political-philosophy-protagoras-challenge-to-socrates-9780226639697","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}