Is wisdom courage? A critical dissection of Plat. Prot. 349d2-351b2

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https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-4105_20_14

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Plato, Socrates, Protagoras, wisdom, courage, identity

Abstract

In Plat. Prot. 349d2-351b2, first Socrates leads Protagoras to acknowledge that wisdom and courage are the same thing, then Protagoras accuses him of having put in his mouth words that he never said. Starting from a new reconstruction of the logic of Socrates’ demonstration, I will show how this is more complex, sophistic, and corresponding to Protagoras’ accusation than what is usually believed.

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2020-08-04

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Molinelli, S. (2020). Is wisdom courage? A critical dissection of Plat. Prot. 349d2-351b2. PLATO JOURNAL, 20, 191-208. https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-4105_20_14

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Vol. 20 (2020): Plato Journal #20

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