Socrates

by W. T. Stace

Overview

A study of Socrates and his influence in Greek philosophy, particularly on Plate and other followers in the Academy.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016620466
Publisher:	Shamrock Eden Publishing
Publication date:	06/04/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	95 KB

About the Author

Stace’s first three books, A Critical History of Greek Philosophy and The Philosophy of Hegel, and The Meaning of Beauty were published while he worked as a civil servant in Ceylon. After these early works, his philosophy followed the British empirical tradition of David Hume, G.E. Moore, Bertrand Russell and H.H. Price. Empiricism for Stace did not need to be confined to propositions which it is possible to demonstrate. Instead, our common sense beliefs find support in two empirical facts: men’s minds are similar and they cooperate with the aim of solving their common problems. Stace can be considered a pioneer in the philosophical study of mysticism, Mysticism and Philosophy is considered his major work. Stace was the dissertation advisor of John Rawls when Rawls was a graduate student at Princeton, though it is not clear that he had a strong influence on Rawls. Richard Marius attributed his loss of faith partly to his intellectual engagement with Stace's essay Man Against Darkness.