Lesser Hippias by Plato and Benjamin Jowett
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"Lesser Hippias" by Plato and Benjamin Jowett is a dialogue thought to be one of Plato's early works. Socrates debates the sophist Hippias about Homer's heroes and the nature of lying. Through provocative arguments, Socrates challenges conventional morality by suggesting that deliberate wrongdoing is superior to unintentional error. He claims that skilled liars who knowingly deceive are better than those who lie unknowingly, using this reasoning to reinterpret the characters of Achilles
and Odysseus in unexpected ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Dubious author | Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE |
|---|---|
| Translator | Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 |
| Title | Lesser Hippias |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippias_Minor |
| Note | Socrates |
| Credits | Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Classical literature |
| Subject | Philosophy, Ancient |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1673 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 1999 |
| Last Update | Jan 16, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 745 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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