Nicholas Thorne

Liberation and Authority

Plato's Gorgias, the First Book of the Republic, and Thucydides

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Liberation and Authority provides original, comparative readings of Plato's Gorgias, the first book of the Republic, and Thucydides' History, arguing that they share similarities not only in the oft-noted "natural justice" of Callicles, Thrasymachus, and the Melian Dialogue, but also in a development that runs through the whole of each.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9781793639042
• ISBN-10: 1793639043
• Artikelnr.: 61878335

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Thorne received his PhD in classics and ancient philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Thucydides: Introduction
(1) Periclean Athens
(2) Post-Periclean Athens
(3) Alcibiadean Athens
Thucydides: Conclusion
Plato - A Holistic Approach to the Gorgias and Republic I
The Gorgias: Introduction
Shame and the Ad Hominem Arguments
(1) Gorgias
(2) Polus
(3) Callicles
How Callicles is Good: Platonic Doctrine in the Gorgias
Socrates in the Gorgias
Republic I
(1) Cephalus
(2) Polemarchus
(3) Thrasymachus
Republic I: Conclusion
The Gorgias and the First Book of the Republic: Connections and Comparison
Conclusion
Works Cited