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[filed under theme 20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
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Full Idea
Xenophon indirectly indicates that he does not associate Socrates in any way with the tripartite psychology of the 'Republic', for within that theory akrasia would be all too possible.
Gist of Idea
Socrates did not accept the tripartite soul (which permits akrasia)
Source
comment on Socrates (reports of career [c.420 BCE]) by Gregory Vlastos - Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher p.102
Book Ref
Vlastos,Gregory: 'Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher' [CUP 1992], p.102
The
44 ideas
from 'reports of career'
13773
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For the truth you need Prodicus's fifty-drachma course, not his one-drachma course
[Socrates]
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7421
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A philosopher is one who cares about what other people care about
[Socrates, by Foucault]
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1649
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Socrates opened philosophy to all, but Plato confined moral enquiry to a tiny elite
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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5842
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Philosophical discussion involves dividing subject-matter into categories
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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648
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Socrates began the quest for something universal with his definitions, but he didn't make them separate
[Socrates, by Aristotle]
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164
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It is legitimate to play the devil's advocate
[Socrates]
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1647
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In Socratic dialogue you must say what you believe, so unasserted premises are not debated
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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115
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Socrates was pleased if his mistakes were proved wrong
[Socrates]
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22099
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The method of Socrates shows the student is discovering the truth within himself
[Socrates, by Carlisle]
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5844
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Socrates always proceeded in argument by general agreement at each stage
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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11389
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Socrates sought essences, which are the basis of formal logic
[Socrates, by Aristotle]
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639
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Socrates developed definitions as the basis of syllogisms, and also inductive arguments
[Socrates, by Aristotle]
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1652
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Socrates did not consider universals or definitions as having separate existence, but Plato made Forms of them
[Socrates, by Aristotle]
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199
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The common belief is that people can know the best without acting on it
[Socrates]
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3017
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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance
[Socrates, by Diog. Laertius]
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23907
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Courage is scientific knowledge
[Socrates, by Aristotle]
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1650
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For Socrates our soul, though hard to define, is our self
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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23252
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Socrates first proposed that we are run by mind or reason
[Socrates, by Frede,M]
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5839
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For Socrates, wisdom and prudence were the same thing
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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195
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No one willingly commits an evil or base act
[Socrates]
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1653
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Socrates did not accept the tripartite soul (which permits akrasia)
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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5843
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People do what they think they should do, and only ever do what they think they should do
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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5253
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Socrates was shocked by the idea of akrasia, but observation shows that it happens
[Aristotle on Socrates]
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5867
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For Socrates, virtues are forms of knowledge, so knowing justice produces justice
[Socrates, by Aristotle]
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5069
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Socrates was the first to base ethics upon reason, and use reason to explain it
[Taylor,R on Socrates]
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5836
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All human virtues are increased by study and practice
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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5840
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The wise perform good actions, and people fail to be good without wisdom
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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185
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Socrates despised good looks
[Socrates, by Plato]
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5070
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Socrates conservatively assumed that Athenian conventions were natural and true
[Taylor,R on Socrates]
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5838
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A well-made dung basket is fine, and a badly-made gold shield is base, because of function
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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5837
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Things are both good and fine by the same standard
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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1646
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Socrates was the first to put 'eudaimonia' at the centre of ethics
[Socrates, by Vlastos]
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1663
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By 'areté' Socrates means just what we mean by moral virtue
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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126
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We should ask what sort of people we want to be
[Socrates]
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4323
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Socrates is torn between intellectual virtue, which is united and teachable, and natural virtue, which isn't
[PG on Socrates]
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8003
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Socrates agrees that virtue is teachable, but then denies that there are teachers
[Socrates, by MacIntyre]
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4111
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Socrates believed that basically there is only one virtue, the power of right judgement
[Socrates, by Williams,B]
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7808
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Socrates made the civic values of justice and friendship paramount
[Socrates, by Grayling]
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7585
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Socrates emphasises that the knower is an existing individual, with existence his main task
[Socrates, by Kierkegaard]
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1657
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Socrates holds that right reason entails virtue, and this must also apply to the gods
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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5841
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Obedience to the law gives the best life, and success in war
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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1661
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Socrates was the first to grasp that a cruelty is not justified by another cruelty
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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5846
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A lover using force is a villain, but a seducer is much worse, because he corrupts character
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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1662
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A new concept of God as unswerving goodness emerges from Socrates' commitment to virtue
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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