Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic

Name: Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic
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ISBN: 9780521548427

ISBN-10: 052154842X

ISBN-13: 9780521548427

Edition: 2007

Authors: G. R. F. Ferrari

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This Companion provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience, from first-time readers of the Republic who require guidance, to more experienced readers who wish to explore contemporary currents in the work's interpretation. The three initial chapters address aspects of the work as a whole. They are followed by essays that match closely the sequence in which topics are…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/18/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 562
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Contributors


Abbreviations


Editor's Introduction



The Protreptic Rhetoric of the Republic




The Place of the Republic in Plato's Political Thought




Rewriting the Poets in Plato's Characters




Wise Guys and Smart Alecks in Republic 1 and 2




Justice and Virtue: The Republic's Inquiry into Proper Difference




The Noble Lie




The Three-Part Soul




Eros in the Republic




The Utopian Character of Plato's Ideal City




Philosophy, the Forms, and the Art of Ruling




Sun and Line: The Role of the Good




Beginning the "Longer Way"




The City-Soul Analogy




The Unhappy Tyrant and the Craft of Inner Rule




What Is Imitative Poetry and Why Is It Bad?




The Life-and-Death Journey of the Soul: Interpreting the Myth of Er



Bibliography


Index of Passages


Index of Names and Subjects