While in his more mature works, Plato asserts all sorts of - TopicsExpress



          

While in his more mature works, Plato asserts all sorts of positive doctrines (the most famous of which was his theory of forms), it is highly debatable whether Socrates advances any positive theses at all. On one hand, he quite explicitly claims that he knows nothing, and that his wisdom lies in his acknowledgment of that fact. On the other hand, there do seem to be some ethical principles that radically inform all of Socrates thinking. For instance, he is famous for stressing the importance of knowing oneself and for asserting that no one ever knowingly and intentionally does evil rather than good.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:47:48 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015