The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1563-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 772 g

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.

- This guide to Plato’s Republic is designed to help readers understand this foundational work of the Western canon.

- Sheds new light on many central features and themes of the Republic.

- Covers the literary and philosophical style of the Republic; Plato’s theories of justice and knowledge; his educational theories; and his treatment of the divine.

- Will be of interest to readers who are new to the Republic, and those who already have some familiarity with the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Santas, Gerasimos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors vii

Editor's Introduction 1

1 The Literary and Philosophical Style of the Republic 7
Christopher Rowe

2 Allegory and Myth in Plato's Republic 25
Jonathan Lear

3 Socrates' Refutation of Thrasymachus 44
Rachel Barney

4 Plato's Challenge: the Case against Justice in Republic II 63
Christopher Shields

5 The Gods and Piety of Plato's Republic 84
Mark L. McPherran

6 Plato on Learning to Love Beauty 104
Gabriel Richardson Lear

7 Methods of Reasoning about Justice in Plato's Republic 125
Gerasimos Santas

8 The Analysis of the Soul in Plato's Republic 146
Hendrik Lorenz

9 The Divided Soul and the Desire for Good in Plato's Republic 166
Mariana Anagnostopoulos

10 Plato and the Ship of State 189
David Keyt

11 Knowledge, Recollection, and the Forms in Republic VII 214
Michael T. Ferejohn

12 The Forms in the Republic 234
Terry Penner

13 Plato's Defense of Justice in the Republic 263
Rachel G. K. Singpurwalla

General Bibliography 283

Index 285

Über Autor(innen)

Gerasimos Santas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. His previous publications include Socrates (1979), Plato and Freud: Two Theories of Love (Blackwell, 1988), and Goodness and Justice: Plato, Aristotle and the Moderns (Blackwell, 2001).