Cephalus, the Myth of Er, and Remaining Virtuous in Unvirtuous Times
Through a reading of the Myth of Er and Socrates' conversation with Cephalus, I will argue that merely conventional virtue is highly unstable and unreliable. Virtue acquired by convention proves foundationless outside the confines of the political regime that establishes those conventions, and...
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Language: | English |
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Coimbra University Press
2015-07-01
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Series: | Plato |
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Online Access: | https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/2112 |