‘Socratic friendship’ in Plato’s Gorgias and Arendt’s “Socrates”

• In Event: Circulating Truth(s) : Criticism and the Politics of Speech in Greek Political Thought

Brief Overview

The paper argues that Socrates is an ambivalent model for friendship in both Plato’s Gorgias and Arendt’s essay “Socrates.” This ambivalence contrasts with the apparent link friendship makes between thinking and politics for Arendt’s Socrates.

Author

• Schuyler Playford, University of Toronto