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100			_aChristopher Phillips _910786
245			_aSix Questions of Socrates
260			_aNew York _bW W Norton & Company _c2004
300			_a320 p. _bHB _c21x14 cm.
365			_b23.95 _c$ _d23.95
520			_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
650			_aEthical Norms _910787
650			_aVirtue _910788
650			_aModeration _910789
700			_aPHILLIPS (Christopher) _910790
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