Polytropic Socrates’ Implicit Defense of Philosophy: Lying, Justice, and Sophistry in Plato’s Lesser Hippias

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Brief Overview

This paper offers an interpretation of Plato’s Lesser Hippias. I argue for the importance of the dialogue to the Platonic corpus through an examination of Socrates' display of wisdom, praise of the philosophic life and dramatic refutation of Hippias.

Author

• Samantha Trudeau, Carroll College