The Price of Truth - 9780804760812

The Price of TruthGift, Money, and Philosophy\nAuthor(s): Marcel Hnaff, Jean-Louis Morhange\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804760812, 978-0804760812\nSynopsis\nCan exchange bring us together? Are there any physical or intangible goods that escape the logic of the marketplace? Is there a relationship between truththe very purpose of philosophyand money? Does truth have a price? Contrary to the Sophists, who demanded payment in return for their expertise, Socrates spoke for free. He had to do so, according to Aristotle, because knowledge cannot be measuredthough he could accept gifts in return.\n\n Today, we expect artists and intellectuals to be compensated for their labors. But is giving merely a form of exchange that was replaced by commerce? Anthropological investigation shows that the issue lies elsewhere: to give is to recognize in order to be recognized. It is to seal an alliance, to give o.