{"product_id":"how-socrates-became-socrates-a-study-of-platos-phaedo-parmenides-and-symposium-9780226746333","title":"How Socrates Became Socrates: A Study of Plato's \"Phaedo,\" \"Parmenides,\" and \"Symposium\"","description":"Plato dispersed his account of how Socrates \u003ci\u003ebecame\u003c\/i\u003e Socrates across three dialogues. Thus, Plato rendered his becoming discoverable only to readers truly invested. In \u003ci\u003eHow Socrates Became Socrates\u003c\/i\u003e, Laurence Lampert recognizes the path of Plato's strides and guides us through the true account of Socrates' becoming. He divulges how and why Plato ordered his \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Parmenides\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Symposium\u003c\/i\u003e chronologically to give readers access to Socrates' development on philosophy's fundamental questions of being and knowing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to a careful and precise analysis of Plato's \u003ci\u003ePhaedo, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eParmenides, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSymposium, \u003c\/i\u003e Lampert shows that properly entwined, Plato's three dialogues fuse to portray a young thinker entering philosophy's true radical power. Lampert reveals why this radicality needed to be guarded and places this discussion within the greater scheme of the politics of philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurence Lampert\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of philosophy from Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis. He has published several books including \u003ci\u003eLeo Strauss and Nietzsche\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow Philosophy Became Socratic: A Study of Plato's \"Protagoras,\" \"Charmides,\" and \"Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Enduring Importance of Leo Strauss\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat a Philosopher Is: Becoming Nietzsche\u003c\/i\u003e, all with the University of Chicago Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475129270546,"sku":"9780226746333","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d5b2fe5-1513-4b82-9055-05d2b5719833.jpg?v=1752587930","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-socrates-became-socrates-a-study-of-platos-phaedo-parmenides-and-symposium-9780226746333","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}