التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
The analogy between virtue and crafts in Plato's early dialogues |
| المؤلفون: |
Tankha, Vijay |
| بيانات النشر: |
McGill University, 1990. |
| سنة النشر: |
1990 |
| المجموعة: |
Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Plato, Contributions in theory of knowledge, Knowledge, Theory of, History, Self-knowledge, Theory of |
| جغرافية الموضوع: |
Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Philosophy.) |
| الوصف: |
This thesis investigates Plato's analogy between virtue and crafts, a comparison made extensively in the early dialogues. I first detail the model of technical knowledge that Plato uses as a paradigm of knowledge. An application of this model shows the inadequacies in some claims to know or to teach virtue. Applying the model to the Socratic dictum, 'Virtue is knowledge' enables us to understand what such knowledge is about. Such knowledge is identified as 'self-knowledge' and is the product of philosophy. Philosophy is thus revealed as the craft of virtue, directed at the good of individuals. One problematic aspect of the analogy between virtue and crafts is the possibility of misuse. Virtue conceived as self-knowledge enables Plato to explain both why such a craft cannot be misused and why it alone can be the basis for benefiting others. |
| Original Identifier: |
oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.74591 |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
alephsysno: 001238373; proquestno: AAINN67463; Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
| الإتاحة: |
http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=74591Test |
| حقوق: |
All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsndl.LACETR.oai.collectionscanada.gc.ca.QMM.74591 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
