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UNINA9910463152003321 |
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Autore |
Rankin H. D. |
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Titolo |
Plato and the individual / / H.D. Rankin |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-10157-X |
1-283-86171-2 |
1-136-23596-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions. Plato ; ; v. 15 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Individualism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1964 by Methuen & Co. Ltd. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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PLATO AND THE INDIVIDUAL; Copyright; Plato and the Individual; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Chapter I The Theme of the Individual; Chapter II Beginnings; Chapter III A Hesitant Eugenic; Chapter IV Magic Thinking and Selection by Merit; Chapter V Man, Woman, and Eros; Chapter VI The Individual's Contract; Chapter VII Old Age, Thanatos, and Last Things; Chapter VIII Facing the Ideal Society; Citations of Plato's Works; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explores the life-history of the individual within the context of Plato's social thought. The author examines Plato's treatment of the principal crises in an individual life - birth, educational selection, sex, the individual's contract with society, old age, death, and life after death - and provides an unprecedented analysis of Plato's theory of genetics as it appears in the Timaeus. Comparisons are made with contemporary developments in anthropology, sociology, and comparative myth but without losing sight of the fact that Plato, whilst having much to say to the modern world, w |
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