Angela HobbsPlato and the Hero
Courage, Manliness and the Impersonal Good
Angela Hobbs has loved horses, ponies, and donkeys since she was 18 months old. Her first much-loved donkey was a toy named 'Neddy'. Riding and owning horses have been her lifelong passion. Over the years she has ridden a UK Chasers cross country course, attended many riding club activities, learned carriage driving then competed at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, and recently received training for novice level western riding. A few years ago, Angela obtained her British Horse Society Horse Owners Certificate stages 1-4. She gained valuable experience as a youngster by working voluntarily, weekends and evenings, for 10 years at a thoroughbred stud in Surrey. She now lives in Somerset with her husband and 'a pony named Bart'.
Acknowledgements
Preface
Glossary
1. The puzzle of Plato's thumos
2. Thumos, andreia and the ethics of flourishing
3. Arms and the man: andreia in the Laches
4. Odd virtue out: courage and goodness in the Protagoras
5. Why should I be good? Callicles, Thrasymachus and the egoist challenge
6. Heroes and role models: the Apology, Hippias Major and Hippias Minor
7. The threat of Achilles
8. Plato's response: the valuable as one
9. Alcibiades' revenge: thumos in the Symposium
Epilogue: The weaver's art: andreia in the Politicus and Laws
Bibliography
Index.
