James Orr

An Analysis of Plato's The Republic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is justice? How should an individual and a society behave justly? And how do they learn how to do so? These are just some of the core questions explored in The Republic, considered by many to be Plato's most important work.

Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 95
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 134mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 112g
• ISBN-13: 9781912127870
• ISBN-10: 1912127873
• Artikelnr.: 48847430

Autorenporträt

Dr James Orr holds a DPhil in the philosophy of religion from the University of Cambridge. He is currently the McDonald Postdoctoral Fellow in Theology, Ethics, and Public Life at Christ Church College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who was Plato? What does The Republic Say? Why does
The Republic Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the
Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module
4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module
6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's
Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The
Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where
Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited