ARISTOTLE'S TREATMENT OF THE SOCRATIC PARADOX IN THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS

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dc.contributor.advisorButterworth, Charles E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMcBrayer, Gregory A.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentGovernment and Politicsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-19T06:57:25Z
dc.date.available2010-02-19T06:57:25Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation seeks to understand one of the most perplexing statements uttered by the Platonic Socrates, the so-called Socratic Paradox that no one voluntarily does wrong. In such dialogues as the Gorgias and the Protagoras, Socrates famously, or infamously, declared that all wrongdoing is a result of ignorance and is therefore not culpable. While the beginning point for this investigation is Socrates, this dissertation turns for the most part to Aristotle as the first and foremost commentator on the Platonic dialogues, guided by the belief that Aristotle can aid in the discovery of what Socrates' outlandish assertion means. In Books III and VII of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle takes up the questions on which the Socratic Paradox touches, submitting the so-called paradox to scrutiny in Book VII. While much research has focused on the Socratic Paradox, the contribution of this work is to exploit the intellectual genius Aristotle has brought to bear on this question. Turning to Aristotle will allow us to gain greater clarity into this central tenet of Socratic Political Philosophy.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9945
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPolitical Science, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAristotleen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIncontinenceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPolitical Philosophyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSocratic Paradoxen_US
dc.titleARISTOTLE'S TREATMENT OF THE SOCRATIC PARADOX IN THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICSen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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