| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Series |
Blackwell guides to great works |
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Blackwell guides to great works.
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| Contents |
Notes on Contributors; Editor's Introduction; 1 The Literary and Philosophical Style of the Republic; 2 Allegory and Myth in Plato's Republic; 3 Socrates' Refutation of Thrasymachus; 4 Plato's Challenge: the Case against Justice in Republic II; 5 The Gods and Piety of Plato's Republic; 6 Plato on Learning to Love Beauty; 7 Methods of Reasoning about Justice in Plato's Republic; 8 The Analysis of the Soul in Plato's Republic; 9 The Divided Soul and the Desire for Good in Plato's Republic; 10 Plato and the Ship of State; 11 Knowledge, Recollection, and the Forms in Republic VII |
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12 The Forms in the Republic13 Plato's Defense of Justice in the Republic; General Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic consists of thirteen new essays written by both established scholars and younger researchers with the specific aim of helping readers to understand Plato's masterwork. The essays shed new light on many central features and themes of the Republic including: Plato's literary and philosophical style; his use of myths, metaphors, and allegories; his theories of justice and knowledge; and his treatment of psychology, education, myth, and the divine. Contributors include Christopher Rowe, David Keyt, Jonathan Lear, Terry Penner, Rachel Barney, and Hendrik Lore |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Plato. Republic.
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| SUBJECT |
Republic (Plato) fast |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005004895 |
| ISBN |
9781405150255 |
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1405150254 |
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