01699nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200200008810000250010824500300013326000410016330000260020436500200023052011600025065000180141065000110142865000150143970000270145420211123155214.0211123b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0393051579  cAL  aeng  223a179.9bPHIS  aChristopher Phillips  aSix Questions of Socrates  aNew YorkbW W Norton & Companyc2004  a320 p.bHBc21x14 cm.  b23.95c$d23.95  aHow people around the world grapple with the great questions posed by Socrates.

What is virtue? What is moderation? What is justice? What is courage? What is good? What is piety? Socrates thought that understanding the perspectives of others on these six great questions would help him become a more excellent human being. Following in Socrates's footsteps, Christopher Phillips—"Johnny Appleseed with a master's degree" (Utne Reader)—investigates these same questions, beginning in the marketplace of modern-day Athens. He goes on to investigate the timely responses and outlooks of people from different cultures and backgrounds around the world: from Greece and Spain to Japan and Korea, Mexico City, and Chiapas, where the region's indigenous people struggle for fundamental human rights. Phillips also traveled throughout the United States, holding dialogues in diverse communities from New York City to the Navajo Nation. Introducing us to less familiar thinkers in non-Western traditions who were kindred spirits of Socrates, Phillips enlarges our perspectives on life's fundamental questions, creating an innovative world survey of philosophy  aEthical Norms  aVirtue  aModeration  aPHILLIPS (Christopher)