Bitter Knowledge : Learning Socratic Lessons of Disillusion and Renewal.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (369 pages)
Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Who Can Teach Us? And What Can They Teach Us? -- 3. The Poverty of Socratic Questioning -- 4. The Labor of Socratic Inquiry -- 5. Learning to Find Ourselves at a Loss -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bitter Knowledge examines the Socratic method in three fundamental Platonic dialogues, Protagoras, Meno, and Theaetetus, contending that the method is really a cyclical one of disillusionment and renewal.