The problem of Socrates' goodness: An application of Gregory Vlastos' account of Socratic irony.
Socrates is supposed to be a good man, but he consistently disclaims the very knowledge of goodness which he thinks one has to have in order to be good. This is the problem of Socrates' goodness. But Socrates' ignorance is ironic, not in the sense that when he says he lacks moral knowledge...
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University of Ottawa (Canada)
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4509 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-13894 |