Richard Kraut

Plato's Republic

Critical Essays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing between two covers the most influential and accessible articles on Plato's Republic, this collection illuminates what is widely held to be the most important work of Western philosophy and political theory. It will be valuable not only to philosophers, but to political theorists, historians, classicists, literary scholars, and interested general readers.

Produktdetails

• Critical Essays on the Classics Series
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780847684939
• ISBN-10: 0847684938
• Artikelnr.: 21176857

Autorenporträt

By Richard Kraut - Contributions by Julia Annas; John M. Cooper; Jonathan Lear; Iris Murdoch; C D. C. Reeve; David Sachs; Arlene W. Saxonhouse; C C. W. Taylor; James O. Urmson; Gregory Vlastos and Bernard Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 A Fallacy in Plato's Republic Chapter 2 Inside and Outside the
Republic Chapter 3 The Psychology of Justice in Plato Chapter 4 Was Plato a
Feminist? Chapter 5 A Metaphysical Paradox Chapter 6 The Analogy of City
and Soul in Plato's Republic Chapter 7 Excerpt from The Sovereignty of Good
Chapter 8 The Philosopher and the Female in the Political Thought of Plato
Chapter 9 Plato and the Poets Chapter 10 Understanding and the Good: Sun,
Line, and Cave Chapter 11 Plato's Totalitarianism Chapter 12 Plato's
Defense of Justice Chapter 13 The Naked Old Women in the Palaestra