Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian studies : essays in honor of Gerasimos Santas

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
The Diagnostic Function of Socratic Definitions....Pages 1-17
Definition and Elenchus....Pages 19-34
Reasons and the Problem of the Socratic Elenchos....Pages 35-52
Santas, Socrates, and Induction....Pages 53-74
Socrates Mythologikos ....Pages 75-92
Is the Prudential Paradox in the Meno ?....Pages 93-101
Gerasimos....Pages 103-124
Beyond De Re : Toward a Dominance Theory of Desire Attribution....Pages 125-143
The Good and the Just in Plato’s Gorgias ....Pages 145-163
Socrates, Wisdom and Pedagogy....Pages 165-184
The Republic as Philosophical Drama....Pages 185-204
Function, Ability and Desire in Plato’s Republic ....Pages 205-218
Knowledge, Virtue, and Method in Republic 471c–502c....Pages 219-243
Reasoning About Justice in Plato’s Republic ....Pages 245-254
Plato on Justice....Pages 255-270
Plato on the Ideal of Justice and Human Happiness: Return to the Cave ( Republic 519e–521b)....Pages 271-279
Surpassing in Dignity and Power: The Metaphysics of Goodness in Plato’s Republic ....Pages 281-296
Comments on Plato’s Causal Explanation....Pages 297-322
Desires and Faculties in Plato and Aristotle....Pages 323-333
Is Aristotle’s Function Argument Fallacious?....Pages 335-365
Aristotle on Discovering and Desiring the Real Good....Pages 367-387
Continuity and Incommensurability in Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics....Pages 389-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-409