This vivid and compelling study of Socrates\'s Moral philosophy and, more generally, of his Moral outlook and his attitude toward religion and society, reclaims the remarkable originality of his thought.
In his quest for the historical Socrates, Vlastos focuses on Plato\'s earlier di.
Gregory Vlastos shows us a Socrates who, though he has been long overshadowed by his successors, Plato and Aristotle, represented the true turning point in Greek attitude toward philosophy, religion, and ethics.
This vivid and compelling study of Socrates\'s Moral philosophy and, more generally, of his Moral outlook and his attitude toward religion and society, reclaims the remarkable originality of his thought