The Blackwell guide to Plato's Republic [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gerasimos Santas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143289603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006
• ISBN: 1-78268-892-7; 1-280-23720-1; 9786610237203; 0-470-79828-9; 0-470-77641-2; 1-4051-5025-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell guides to great works
• Altri autori (Persone): SantasGerasimos Xenophon
• Disciplina: 321/.07
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The literary and philosophical style of the Republic / Christopher Rowe -- Allegory and myth in Plato's Republic / Jonathan Lear -- Socrates' refutation of Thrasymachus / Rachel Barney -- Plato's challenge : the case against justice in Republic II / Christopher Shields -- The gods and piety of Plato's Republic / Mark L. McPherran -- Plato on learning to love beauty / Gabriel Richardson Lear -- Methods of reasoning about justice in Plato's Republic / Gerasimos Santas -- The analysis of the soul in Plato's Republic / Hendrik Lorenz -- The divided soul and desire for the good in Plato's Republic / Mariana Anagnostopoulos -- Plato and the ship of state / David Keyt -- Knowledge, recollection, and the forms in Republic VII / Michael T. Ferejohn -- The forms in the Republic / Terry Penner -- Plato's defense of justice in the Republic / Rachel G.K. Singpurwalla.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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