Plato's 'Republic'

Herausgeber: McPherran, Mark L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These new essays provide a state-of-the-art research picture of the most interesting, puzzling, and provoking aspects of Plato's Republic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9780521491907
• ISBN-10: 0521491908
• Artikelnr.: 30621035

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Mark L. McPherran
1. Socrates in the Republic G. R. F. Ferrari
2. Platonic ring-composition and Republic X Rachel Barney
3. The Atlantis story: the Republic and the Timaeus Julia Annas
4. Ethics and politics in Socrates' defense of justice Rachana Kamtekar
5. Plato's divided soul Christopher Shields
6. The meaning of 'saphêneia' in Plato's divided line J. H. Lesher
7. Plato's philosophical method in the Republic: the divided line (510b¿511d) Hugh H. Benson
8. Blindness and reorientation: education and the acquisition of knowledge in the Republic C. D. C. Reeve
9. Music all pow'rful Malcolm Schofield
10. Return to the cave Nicholas D. Smith
11. Degenerate regimes in Plato's Republic Zena Hitz
12. Virtue, luck, and choice at the end of the Republic Mark L. McPherran
Bibliography
Index of passages
Index of names and subjects.