1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816063903321

Titolo

The Blackwell guide to Plato's Republic / / edited by Gerasimos Santas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

9786610237203

9781782688921

1782688927

9781280237201

1280237201

9780470798287

0470798289

9780470776414

0470776412

9781405150255

1405150254

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968502103321

Autore

MacKenzie W. S.

Titolo

Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section / / W.S. MacKenzie and C. Guilford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-87379-3

1-315-83741-2

1-317-87380-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GuilfordC

Disciplina

549/.114

549.114

Soggetti

Minerals

Thin sections (Geology)

Rocks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1980 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Birefringence chart; Olivine; Monticellite; Chondrodite; Zircon; Sphene; Garnet; Vesuvanite (Idocrase); Sillimanite; Mullite; Andalusite; Andalusite & Sillimanite intergrowth; Kyanite; Topaz; Staurolite; Chloritoid; Sapphirine; Eudialyte; Zoisite; Epidote; Piemontite; Allanite (Orthite); Lawsonite; Pumpellyite; Melilite; Cordierite; Tourmaline; Axinite; Orthopyroxene; Augite; Titanaugite;



Clinopyroxene & Orthopyroxene intergrowth; Aegirine-augite; Jadeite; Wollastonite; Pectolite; Anthophyllite - Gedrite

Cummingtonite - GruneriteTremolite - Ferroactinolite; Hornblende; Kaersutite; Glaucophane; Arfvedsonite; Aenigmatite; Astrophyllite; Lamprophyllite; Muscovite; Biotite; Stilpnomelane; Pyrophyllite; Talc; Chlorite; Serpentine; Prehnite; Microcline; Perthite & Microperthite; Sanidine; Anorthoclase; Plagioclase; Quartz; Myrmekite; Granophyric texture; Tridymite; Cristobalite; Nepheline; Sanidine & Nepheline; Leucite; Nosean; Cancrinite; Scapolite; Analcite; Corundum; Rutile; Perovskite; Spinel; Brucite; Calcite; Dolomite; Apatite; Fluorite; Deerite; Howieite; Zussmanite; Yoderite; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Hurray for Mackenzie and Guilford for at last we have a pictorial guide to the rock-forming minerals! . . . such feasts of colour in mineralogy books are rare . . . an admirable guide'New Scientist