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On Plato's Hipparchus

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

The Hipparchus, Plato’s short dialogue on the love of gain, generally receives little attention from contemporary scholars. This essay, however, argues that Socrates’ brazenly amoral defense of seeking gain provides deep insights into some of the fundamental themes of Platonic political philosophy, helping to clarify the character of the human good, as well as its relation to philosophy and morality.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Government
Grantor
The University of Texas at Austin
Year dc:date.issued
2015

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Bellows, Samuel Palmer
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Pangle, Lorraine Smith
Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Stauffer, Devin

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Identifier
doi:10.15781/T28Q7F
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/34042

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citation

Bellows, Samuel Palmer. On Plato's Hipparchus. Masters thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/34042