Intellectualism

Authors

William J. Prior, Santa Clara Univeristy

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Publisher

Continuum International Publishing Group / Bloomsbury Publishing

Abstract

Intellectualism is a view attributed to Socrates in several of Plato's Socratic dialogues that treats certain mental states, in particular virtue and vice, as states of the intellect alone, and which, as a result, denies the existence of moral weakness (akrasia; q.v.). Intellectualism is especially prominent in the Laches, Gorgias, Euthydemus, Protagoras and Meno.

Chapter of

The Continuum Companion to Plato

Editor

Gerald Press

Comments

Copyright © 2012 Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. Reprinted with permission.

Recommended Citation

Prior, W. J. (2012). Intellectualism. In G. Press (Ed.), The Continuum Companion to Plato (London: Continuum International Publishing Group), 184-186.