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The Bleak Political Implications of Socratic Religion; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 The Political Case Against Socrates; 1 Alcibiades and the Defeat of Athens; 2 Critias and the Thirty Tyrants; 3 The Amnesty; 4 Oligarchic Radicals; 5 Socrates and Plato; 6 Socrates and Critias; 7 The Gadfly of Athens; Notes; 2 The Religious Case Against Socrates; 1 Greek Civil Religion; 2 Mutilating the Hermae; 3 Defeating Euthyphro; 4 Moralizing the Gods; 5 Perverting Piety; 6 Aristophanes: The Atheism of Socrates; 7 The Orphism of Socrates; Notes; 3 The Defense; 1 Xenophon's Denial.
2 Edict of the Thirty Tyrants3 The Case of Leon of Salamis; 4 The Case of the Generals at Arginusae; 5 Unwillingness to Escape; 6 Plato's Legend; 7 Tropes in Plato's Defense of Socrates; 8 Socrates and Jesus; 9 Verdict of the Ages; 10 Socrates and Heidegger; Notes; 4 How Plato Legitimizes the Case for the Prosecution; 1 The Socratic Paradox; 2 Resolving the Paradox I: Divine Inspiration; 3 Resolving the Paradox II: Statesmanship; 4 The Sunny Side of Plato's Politics; 5 The Dark Side of Plato's Politics; Notes; 5 Plato's Critique of Homer Repudiated; 1 Religion Without Lies.
2 Religion Without Asceticism3 Religion Without Dualism; 4 Religion Without Cosmic Justice; 5 The Hubris of Emulating the Gods; 6 Accepting Responsibility; 7 The Manly Virtues; 8 Savage Moralism Averted; Notes; 6 The Tragic Poets Defended; 1 Tragedy as Innocent Suffering; 2 Hegel: Was Socrates a Tragic Figure?; 3 Sophocles: Why True Nobility is not Socratic; 4 Nietzsche: Did Socrates Defeat Tragedy?; 5 Tragedy, the Bible, and Crime Fiction; Notes; 7 Socratic Mischief; 1 The Burden of Guilt; 2 Authoritarianism Unhinged; 3 Turning Hubris into Piety; 4 Socrates, Enlightenment, and Imperialism.
5 Postmodern Nihilism6 Debunking the Socratic Legend; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index.
2 Edict of the Thirty Tyrants3 The Case of Leon of Salamis; 4 The Case of the Generals at Arginusae; 5 Unwillingness to Escape; 6 Plato's Legend; 7 Tropes in Plato's Defense of Socrates; 8 Socrates and Jesus; 9 Verdict of the Ages; 10 Socrates and Heidegger; Notes; 4 How Plato Legitimizes the Case for the Prosecution; 1 The Socratic Paradox; 2 Resolving the Paradox I: Divine Inspiration; 3 Resolving the Paradox II: Statesmanship; 4 The Sunny Side of Plato's Politics; 5 The Dark Side of Plato's Politics; Notes; 5 Plato's Critique of Homer Repudiated; 1 Religion Without Lies.
2 Religion Without Asceticism3 Religion Without Dualism; 4 Religion Without Cosmic Justice; 5 The Hubris of Emulating the Gods; 6 Accepting Responsibility; 7 The Manly Virtues; 8 Savage Moralism Averted; Notes; 6 The Tragic Poets Defended; 1 Tragedy as Innocent Suffering; 2 Hegel: Was Socrates a Tragic Figure?; 3 Sophocles: Why True Nobility is not Socratic; 4 Nietzsche: Did Socrates Defeat Tragedy?; 5 Tragedy, the Bible, and Crime Fiction; Notes; 7 Socratic Mischief; 1 The Burden of Guilt; 2 Authoritarianism Unhinged; 3 Turning Hubris into Piety; 4 Socrates, Enlightenment, and Imperialism.
5 Postmodern Nihilism6 Debunking the Socratic Legend; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index.