The Blackwell Guide to Platos Republic ( Blackwell Guides to Great Works )

Publication series :Blackwell Guides to Great Works

Author: Gerasimos Santas  

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year: 2008

E-ISBN: 9781405150255

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781405115643

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781405115636

Subject: B502.232 柏拉图(Platon,公元前427~前347年)

Language: ENG

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Description

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.

Chapter

Contents

pp.:  1 – 7

Notes on Contributors

pp.:  7 – 9

Editor's Introduction

pp.:  9 – 13

3 Socrates’ Refutation of Thrasymachus

pp.:  37 – 56

4 Plato’s Challenge: the Case against Justice in Republic II

pp.:  56 – 75

5 The Gods and Piety of Plato’s Republic

pp.:  75 – 96

6 Plato on Learning to Love Beauty

pp.:  96 – 116

7 Methods of Reasoning about Justice in Plato’s Republic

pp.:  116 – 137

8 The Analysis of the Soul in Plato’s Republic

pp.:  137 – 158

9 The Divided Soul and the Desire for Good in Plato’s Republic

pp.:  158 – 178

10 Plato and the Ship of State

pp.:  178 – 201

11 Knowledge, Recollection, and the Forms in Republic VII

pp.:  201 – 226

12 The Forms in the Republic

pp.:  226 – 246

13 Plato’s Defense of Justice in the Republic

pp.:  246 – 275

General Bibliography

pp.:  275 – 295

Index

pp.:  295 – 297

LastPages

pp.:  297 – 304

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