Alcibiades is a dialogue between the notorious character after whom it is named and socrates set at a time when alcibiades was still a young man before his entry into his political and military career and socrates about 17 years older was already established in the city as a major philosophical practitioner. This volume provides the first full political and philosophically rigorous account of platos dialogue alcibiades major the book argues that alcibiades major accomplishes its goal which is to redirect alcibiades political ambitions not by arguing for specific propositions based on specific premises. Login my account feedback reporting from message your name your email stanford users can avoid this captcha by logging in send cancel check system status report wrong cover image searchworks catalog select search scope currently catalog all catalog articles website more in one search catalog books media more in the stanford libraries collections articles journal articles . Politics in socrates alcibiades a philosophical account of platos dialogue alcibiades major andre archie. Alcibiades major springerbriefs in philosophy politics in socrates alcibiades a alcibiades and socrates a critical analysis of the socio alcibiades one of socrates confidantes and a polarizing character provides the backdrop for the picture of athens presented and typifies the forces that this volume provides the first full political and philosophically rigorous account of platos dialogue