{"product_id":"becoming-socrates-alex-priou-9781580469197","title":"Becoming Socrates: Political Philosophy in Plato's Parmenides","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlato's \u003cem\u003eParmenides\u003c\/em\u003e is regarded as a canonical work in ontology. Depicting a conversation between Parmenides of Elea and a young Socrates, the dialogue presents a rigorous examination of Socrates' theory of the forms, the most influential account of being in the philosophic tradition. In this commentary on the \u003cem\u003eParmenides\u003c\/em\u003e, Alex Priou argues that the dialogue is, in actuality, a reflection on politics. Priou begins from the accepted view that the conversation consists of two discrete parts -- a critique of the forms, followed by Socrates' philosophical training -- but finds a unity to the dialogue yet to be discovered. By paying careful attention to what Parmenides calls the \"greatest impasse\" facing Socrates' ontology, Priou reveals a political context to the conversation. The need in society for order and good rule includes the need, at a more fundamental level, for an adequate and efficacious explanation of being. Recounting here how a young Socrates first learned of the primacy of political philosophy, which would become the hallmark of his life, \u003cem\u003eBecoming Socrates\u003c\/em\u003e shows that political philosophy, and not ontology, is \"first philosophy.\" Alex Priou is lecturer in philosophy and the humanities at Long Island University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Priou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1580469191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580469197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Rochester Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Alex Priou","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980128551167,"sku":"9781580469197","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_565df821-7aa0-403a-8847-ba14371a4a29.jpg?v=1683248563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-socrates-alex-priou-9781580469197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}