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’ PLATO S ANTI-HEDONISM AND THE PROTAGORAS Plato often rejects hedonism, but in the Protagoras, Plato’s Socrates seems to endorse hedonism. In this book, Clerk Shaw removes this apparent tension by arguing that the Protagoras as a whole actually reflectsPlato’santi-hedonism.HeshowsthatPlatoplaceshedonism at the core of a complex of popular mistakes about value and espe- ciallyaboutvirtue:thatinjusticecanbeprudent;thatwisdomisweak; thatcourageisthecapacitytoperseverethroughfear;andthatvirtue cannotbetaught.Themassesreproducethissystemofvaluesthrough shame and fear of punishment. The Protagoras and other dialogues depict sophists and orators who have internalized popular morality throughshame,butwhoarealsoashamedtostatetheirviewsopenly. Shaw’s reading notonly reconcilesthe Protagoras with Plato’s other dialogues,butharmonizesitwiththemandevenilluminatesPlato’s wideranti-hedonism. clerk shaw isAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville. His articles have appeared in journals includingClassicalPhilologyandPolis. ’ PLATO S ANTI-HEDONISM AND THE PROTAGORAS J. CLERK SHAW UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107046658 ©J.ClerkShaw2015 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2015 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyClays,StIvesplc AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Shaw,J.Clerk,1977– Plato’santi-hedonismandtheProtagoras/J.ClerkShaw. pages cm isbn978-1-107-04665-8(hardback) 1. Plato.Protagoras. 2. Hedonism. I. Title. b382.s53 2015 170–dc23 2014037525 isbn978-1-107-04665-8Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents Acknowledgments pagevi Listofabbreviations vii Introduction 1 1. AgainsthedonistinterpretationsoftheProtagoras 11 2. Courage,madness,andspiritat349d–51b 41 3. DramaanddialecticinPlato’sProtagoras 73 4. DramaanddialecticinPlato’sGorgias,revisited 102 5. Shame,internalization,andthemany 123 6. Hedonism,hedonicerror,andethicalerror 143 7. Hedonistmisconceptionsofvirtue 171 8. Popularhostilitytosophistsandphilosophers 191 Bibliography 205 Generalindex 210 Indexlocorum 213 v Acknowledgments I owe special thanks to friends and mentors who shaped every stage of this project: especially Eric Brown, but also Julia Annas, Emily Austin, Rachana Kamtekar, and Rachel Singpurwalla. In each case, for various reasons, I doubt this book would exist without them. Thanks also to audiences who heard parts of the book presented at the American PhilosophicalAssociation,theArizonaColloquiuminAncientPhilosophy, the College of Charleston, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, the TahoeWorkshopinAncientPhilosophy,andtheUniversityofTennessee, Knoxville. A teaching-free semester and a Chancellor’s Grant for Faculty ResearchfromtheUniversityofTennesseeprovidedcrucialtimefordevel- opingtheproject.ThankstorefereesforCambridgeUniversityPressandto my colleagues at the University of Tennessee for feedback on the book; I also tested many of its ideas on students in my classes. Finally, I am truly grateful to my family, especially my parents George and Paula, my sister Katy,andmyspouseGinger,fortheirloveandsupportduringthisproject andthroughoutmylife. vi Abbreviations Plato(Pl.) Ap. Apology Ch. Charmides Cr. Crito Crat. Cratylus [Def.] Definitions [Ep.] Letters Eu. Euthyphro Euthyd. Euthydemus G. Gorgias H.Ma. GreaterHippias L. Laws La. Laches Lys. Lysis M. Meno Phd. Phaedo Phdr. Phaedrus Phil. Philebus Pol. Statesman Pr. Protagoras R. Republic Soph. Sophist Symp. Symposium Tht. Theaetetus Ti. Timaeus [IIAlc.] SecondAlcibiades Aristotle(Ar.) An.Pr. PriorAnalytics EE EudemianEthics vii viii Listofabbreviations EN NicomacheanEthics Meta. Metaphysics Pol. Politics Rhet. Rhetoric Top. Topics

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’ PLATO S ANTI-HEDONISM AND THE PROTAGORAS Plato often rejects hedonism, but in the Protagoras, Plato’s Socrates seems to endorse hedonism. In this book, Clerk Shaw removes this apparent tension by arguing that the Protagoras as a whole actually reflectsPlato’santi-hedonism.HeshowsthatPlatoplaceshedonism at the core of a complex of popular mistakes about value and espe- ciallyaboutvirtue:thatinjusticecanbeprudent;thatwisdomisweak; thatcourageisthecapacitytoperseverethroughfear;andthatvirtue cannotbetaught.Themassesreproducethissystemofvaluesthrough shame and fear of punishment. The Protagoras and other dialogues depict sophists and orators who have internalized popular morality throughshame,butwhoarealsoashamedtostatetheirviewsopenly. Shaw’s reading notonly reconcilesthe Protagoras with Plato’s other dialogues,butharmonizesitwiththemandevenilluminatesPlato’s wideranti-hedonism. clerk shaw isAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville. His articles have appeared in journals includingClassicalPhilologyandPolis. ’ PLATO S ANTI-HEDONISM AND THE PROTAGORAS J. CLERK SHAW UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107046658 ©J.ClerkShaw2015 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2015 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyClays,StIvesplc AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Shaw,J.Clerk,1977– Plato’santi-hedonismandtheProtagoras/J.ClerkShaw. pages cm isbn978-1-107-04665-8(hardback) 1. Plato.Protagoras. 2. Hedonism. I. Title. b382.s53 2015 170–dc23 2014037525 isbn978-1-107-04665-8Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents Acknowledgments pagevi Listofabbreviations vii Introduction 1 1. AgainsthedonistinterpretationsoftheProtagoras 11 2. Courage,madness,andspiritat349d–51b 41 3. DramaanddialecticinPlato’sProtagoras 73 4. DramaanddialecticinPlato’sGorgias,revisited 102 5. Shame,internalization,andthemany 123 6. Hedonism,hedonicerror,andethicalerror 143 7. Hedonistmisconceptionsofvirtue 171 8. Popularhostilitytosophistsandphilosophers 191 Bibliography 205 Generalindex 210 Indexlocorum 213 v Acknowledgments I owe special thanks to friends and mentors who shaped every stage of this project: especially Eric Brown, but also Julia Annas, Emily Austin, Rachana Kamtekar, and Rachel Singpurwalla. In each case, for various reasons, I doubt this book would exist without them. Thanks also to audiences who heard parts of the book presented at the American PhilosophicalAssociation,theArizonaColloquiuminAncientPhilosophy, the College of Charleston, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, the TahoeWorkshopinAncientPhilosophy,andtheUniversityofTennessee, Knoxville. A teaching-free semester and a Chancellor’s Grant for Faculty ResearchfromtheUniversityofTennesseeprovidedcrucialtimefordevel- opingtheproject.ThankstorefereesforCambridgeUniversityPressandto my colleagues at the University of Tennessee for feedback on the book; I also tested many of its ideas on students in my classes. Finally, I am truly grateful to my family, especially my parents George and Paula, my sister Katy,andmyspouseGinger,fortheirloveandsupportduringthisproject andthroughoutmylife. vi Abbreviations Plato(Pl.) Ap. Apology Ch. Charmides Cr. Crito Crat. Cratylus [Def.] Definitions [Ep.] Letters Eu. Euthyphro Euthyd. Euthydemus G. Gorgias H.Ma. GreaterHippias L. Laws La. Laches Lys. Lysis M. Meno Phd. Phaedo Phdr. Phaedrus Phil. Philebus Pol. Statesman Pr. Protagoras R. Republic Soph. Sophist Symp. Symposium Tht. Theaetetus Ti. Timaeus [IIAlc.] SecondAlcibiades Aristotle(Ar.) An.Pr. PriorAnalytics EE EudemianEthics vii viii Listofabbreviations EN NicomacheanEthics Meta. Metaphysics Pol. Politics Rhet. Rhetoric Top. Topics

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Plato often rejects hedonism, but in the Protagoras, Plato's Socrates seems to endorse hedonism. In this book, J. Clerk Shaw removes this apparent tension by arguing that the Protagoras as a whole actually reflects Plato's anti-hedonism. He shows that Plato places hedonism at the core of a complex o
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