Jacob Howland

Glaucon's Fate

History, Myth, and Character in Plato's Republic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Centering on the question whether conversation can shape the soul, Glaucon's Fate is a powerful new interpretation of Plato's Republic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paul Dry Books
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9781589881341
• ISBN-10: 1589881346
• Artikelnr.: 50697282

Autorenporträt

Jacob Howland is McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa, where he teaches in the Honors Program as well as in philosophy. He has written and lectured on the work of Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, and Hegel, among others. He is the author of The Republic: The Odyssey of Philosophy, The Paradox of Political Philosophy: Socrates' Philosophic Trial, Kierkegaard and Socrates, and Plato and the Talmud.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Saving the Myth: The Epic Struggle and Cosmic Voyage of the
Republic
Chapter 1: Glaucon's Fate: The Historical and Literary Evidence
Chapter 2: Socrates' Music: Glaucon and the Measures of the Republic
Chapter 3: Tyranny, Poetry, and Science: Critias in the Fragments and the
Dialogues
Chapter 4: Channeling Critias: The Road to Callipolis
Chapter 5: Disgracing the Song: The Myths of Callipolis
Chapter 6: Philosophy in Eclipse: Socrates and the Kings of Callipolis
Chapter 7: Socrates Reborn: Myth, Memory, and the Salvation of Philosophy