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Hunting, Making, Using: The Euthydemus and the Problem of Dialectics
Thein, Karel
An analysis of dialectics in Plato's Euthydemus (288d-291a) in comparison with Book 7 of the Republic.
From the Socratic Logos to the Parmenidean One: How to read the Euthydemus
Hobza, Pavel
The key task of the interpretation the Euthydemus is to establish why Socrates wants to become a pupil of both brothers. It has to do with the "logic" of both brothers' discourse or way of thinking which is, in turn, based on the Parmenidean logic. If we take into account that Socrates is depicted as someone who is not able to arrive at a positive conclusion, then Socrates' motivation for learning from both brothers, i.e., for adopting their wisdom, is to be seen in his effort to overcome the refutational negativity of his own discourse.
Why to Go to Study with Euthydemus?
Chvatík, Ivan
The paper attempts to show that the purpose of the Euthydemus is not to ridicule the sophist’s art of disputation, but rather to point out the problems which serious philosophical dialectics encounters in the very essence of language, especially as concerns initiating others into this highest of all human activities. As the author sees it, the dialogue denies the possibility of teaching philosophy as the supreme human virtue and way to bliss, while explaining the paradoxical characteristics of such a virtue. This special virtue, i.e. human rationality (phronesis), is inherent in human beings; one cannot learn it extrinsically, but merely cultivate it as such. The author finally suggests further consideration of whether Plato’s concept of phronesis can be identified with his idea of the Good.

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