Bruell, Christopher, On the Socratic Education: An Introduction to the Shorter Platonic Dialogues, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.

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Nothing is so well established in our Western democracies today as the right of each to seek happiness in his or her own way. It is as if a pass to that effect had been issued to us at birth. This much is obvious. Less obvious is the fact that certain opinions have been conveyed along with the pass which are meant to be accepted as a condition of its possession and use. But what if a thorough-going critique of just those opinions should turn out to be the condition of our effectual use of it?

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