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Plato's Utopia Recast His Later Ethics and Politics

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ISBN-10: 019927410X

ISBN-13: 9780199274109

Edition: 2004

Authors: Christopher Bobonich

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Plato's Utopia Recast is an illuminating reappraisal of Plato's later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and political theory. Christopher Bobonich argues that in these works Plato both rethinks and revises important positions which he held in his better-known earlier works such as the Republic and the Phaedo. Bobonich analyses Plato's shift from a deeply pessimistic view of non-philosophers in the Republic, where he held that only philosophers were capable of virtue and happiness, to his far more optimistic position in the Laws, where he holds that the constitution and laws of hisideal city of Magnesia would allow all citizens to achieve a truly good life. Bobonich sheds…    
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List price: $86.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 652
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.39" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English

Philosophers and Non-philosophers in the Phaedo and the Republic
Introduction
The Phaedo: Introduction
The Phaedo: Virtues and Ultimate Ends
The Phaedo: The Happiness of Non-philosophers
The Phaedo: The Psychology of Non-philosophers
The Phaedo: The Dependency Thesis
The Phaedo: Wisdom
The Phaedo: Political Implications
The Phaedo: Conclusion
The Republic: Introduction
The Republic: The Virtues of Non-philosophers
The Republic: The Ultimate Ends of Non-philosophers
The Republic: The Happiness of Non-philosophers
The Republic: Epistemology
The Republic: Non-philosophers: Solipsism and Instrumentality?
The Republic: Political Philosophy
The Republic: Conclusion
Virtue, Goods, and Happiness in the Laws
Overview
Reason and Law
Preludes to the Law
The Place of the Preludes
The Goal of the Laws
Dependent Goods in the Laws
Preliminary Clarifications
The Difficulties of Dependency
Previous Attempts to Ground the Dependency Thesis
Grounding Dependency
The Philebus
The Dependency Thesis
Virtue and Happiness
Parts of the Soul and the Psychology of Virtue
Introduction
Parts of the Soul and Akrasia in the Republic
Akrasia in the Republic
Problems with the Republic's Account of Akrasia
Plato's Later Views: Introduction
Akrasia and the Divine Puppets of the Laws
Varieties of Weak Akrasia
Psychic Intervention
Origins and Persistence
The Virtues
Parts of the Soul and Non-rational Motivations
Introduction
The Impoverishment of the Lower Parts of the Soul
Non-rational Motivations: An Overview
Psychology and Dependency
Spirited Emotions
Pleasure
The Citizens of Magnesia
Introduction
An Overview of Magnesia
A Second-best City: Women, Leisure, the Nocturnal Council, and Changing the Law
Citizenship and the Boundaries of the City
The Problems of Citizenship
The Question of Motivation
Political Rule and Citizenship
The Goodness of Ethical Activity
Transpolitical End
Notes
References
Index of Passages
General Index