tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688572333584836648.post7282199494905496819..comments2017-01-22T04:35:30.854-05:00Comments on A City in Speech: Justice and medicineSebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634050682365973346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688572333584836648.post-53149330672824929372010-04-14T00:07:19.892-04:002010-04-14T00:07:19.892-04:00There certainly are dialogues where Socrates does ...There certainly are dialogues where Socrates does seem to actively assume the role of the teacher, and <i>Gorgias</i> is one of them (I think we can place <i>Pheadrus</i> and others in this category as well). Regardless, I'm not ready to agree that I refused "Socratic irony" in general, though I readily admit that I do not think the phrase applies to the context you brought it up in originally.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634050682365973346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688572333584836648.post-3181480834411843342010-04-13T23:11:58.546-04:002010-04-13T23:11:58.546-04:00"Though Socrates identifies himself as a midw..."Though Socrates identifies himself as a midwife, perhaps we may more appropriately say that he was a doctor who sought to cure the city of its ills."<br /><br />I don't see how this understanding can be reconciled with your <a href="http://acityinspeech.blogspot.com/2010/03/city-in-speech.html" rel="nofollow">insightful refusal</a> of "Socratic irony." If Socrates' aim is to teach, is it not an act of irony for him always to present himself as a student?Amos Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262758674894498892noreply@blogger.com