02739oam 2200613I 450 991046315200332120200520144314.00-203-10157-X1-283-86171-21-136-23596-510.4324/9780203101575 (CKB)2670000000299300(EBL)1092739(OCoLC)823387016(SSID)ssj0000811620(PQKBManifestationID)11458910(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811620(PQKBWorkID)10851010(PQKB)11174228(MiAaPQ)EBC1092739(Au-PeEL)EBL1092739(CaPaEBR)ebr10632348(CaONFJC)MIL417421(OCoLC)823730616(EXLCZ)99267000000029930020180706e20131964 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlato and the individual /H.D. RankinAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (161 p.)Routledge library editions. Plato ;v. 15First published in 1964 by Methuen & Co. Ltd.1-138-00770-6 0-415-62411-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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, wRoutledge Library Editions: PlatoIndividualismElectronic books.Individualism.184Rankin H. D.152898MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463152003321Plato and the individual2089358UNINA