Sophrosyne is the ancient Greek word for moderation, one of the four classical virtues. But what does Socrates’ definition of moderation really mean and how is it connected to another virtue: courage?

Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Winter, 2007), pp. 1-18 (18 pages) This article argues for the recovery of an interior ignorance from Socrates's life of philosophy as a contribution to ...

The debate of Socrates and Aspasia, by Nicolas-André Monsiau (1800). Standing by Socrates is Alcibiades. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. In my last post I discussed the pros and cons of the ...