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KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOOD: VIRTUE IN THE MENO AND PROTAGORAS

dc.contributor.authorHeystee, B.W.D.
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Classicsen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Eli Diamonden_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Wayne Hankeyen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Michael Fournieren_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Eli Diamonden_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-13T17:43:20Z
dc.date.available2013-12-13T17:43:20Z
dc.date.defence2013-12-13
dc.date.issued2013-12-13
dc.description.abstractIn both the Meno and the Protagoras, Plato investigates the unity, acquisition and nature of virtue (ἀρετή). Although these dialogues appear to reach opposing conclusions—the Protagoras that virtue is knowledge and the Meno that virtue is divinely dispensed true opinion—in fact they both articulate the same moral principle. Both dialogues argue that virtue is knowledge of the good. I investigate these two dialogues independently and on their own respective terms, dedicating Chapter 2 to the Protagoras and Chapter 3 to the Meno. Although both dialogues argue that virtue is knowledge of the good, neither offers an account of the good. This is because each dialogue is but a single part of a larger argument which culminates in the Republic, wherein we find a more complete explanation of knowledge of the good in the description of the philosopher-king.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/42659
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectVirtueen_US
dc.subjectPlatoen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.subjectAncient Philosophyen_US
dc.subjectProtagorasen_US
dc.subjectMenoen_US
dc.subjectRepublicen_US
dc.subjectPlatonismen_US
dc.subjectSocratesen_US
dc.subjectGorgiasen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.titleKNOWLEDGE OF THE GOOD: VIRTUE IN THE MENO AND PROTAGORASen_US

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