Joshua I. Weinstein

Plato's Threefold City and Soul

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Plato's Three-fold City and Soul, Joshua I. Weinstein explains the Republic's theory of a tripartite soul and the place of fighting spirit within it, arguing that spirited ambition and competition play an essential role in rational agency. Ideal for scholars and advanced students of ancient political philosophy and ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 234mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9781107170162
• ISBN-10: 1107170168
• Artikelnr.: 49385257

Autorenporträt

Joshua I. Weinstein is a Senior Fellow at the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Injustice as opposition of characters: 1. Opposition yields bipartition
2. The argument from character
3. Opposition of characters
4. Interim conclusions
Part II. Justice as Function in City and Soul: 5. Preliminaries and foreshadowing
6. The city seeks self-sufficiency
7. Economics, technê and the market
8. Luxury and art
9. War
10. The guards
11. Language, education and reason
12. Philosopher-kings
13. Justice as threefold function in the soul
Part III. Thumos and Control through Time: 14. Preventing indulgence
15. Thumotic work
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.