Socrates' Ground for Believing in Absolute Truth, Crito 46b4-49D5

T.F. Morris

Keywords

Absolute truth
relativism
Ancient Philosophy
virtue ethics

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Morris, T. (2006). Socrates’ Ground for Believing in Absolute Truth, Crito 46b4-49D5. Diálogos, (88), 153–170. Retrieved from https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/dialogos/article/view/16870

Abstract

The article argues, through a close reading of Crito, that in it Plato introduces the Socratic concept of absolute truth contrasted to Protagorean relativism, whilst rejecting some common academic interpretations of the dialogue.

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