Happiness in the Euthydemus.
Departing on a demonstration which aims to show to young Cleinias how one ought to care about wisdom and virtue, Socrates asks at 278e2 whether people want to do well (ευ πραττειν). Eυ πραττειν is ambiguous. It can mean being happy and prospering, or doing what is right and doing it well. Socrates w...
| Published in: | Phronesis Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 1 - 28 |
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| Format: | Literary Criticism |
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Brill Academic Publishers
Feb2002
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