LEADER 03637nam 22006972 450 001 9910461610103321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a9781139340427$b(electronic book) 010 $a9781107633506$b(paperback) 010 $a1-139-33451-4 010 $a1-107-23162-0 010 $a1-280-39421-8 010 $a1-139-33797-1 010 $a9786613572134 010 $a1-139-34042-5$b(electronic book) 010 $a1-139-12888-4 010 $a1-139-34200-2 010 $a1-139-33710-6 010 $a1-139-33884-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000177934 035 $a(EBL)866861 035 $a(OCoLC)792684405 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000639776 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11458588 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639776 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10605607 035 $a(PQKB)10304475 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139128889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866861 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866861 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10558156 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL357213 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000177934 100 $a20110727d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPlato, Aristotle, and the purpose of politics /$fKevin M. Cherry$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-63350-8 311 $a1-107-02167-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. A place for politics: the household and the city -- 2. The beginnings and ends of political life -- 3. Political knowledge and political power -- 4. Political inquiry to Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger -- 5. Philosophy and politics in the Eleatic Stranger, Socrates, and Aristotle -- 6. Modern politics, the Eleatic Stranger, and Aristotle. 330 $aIn this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Plato and Aristotle about the practice, study and, above all, the purpose of politics. The first scholar to place Aristotle's Politics in sustained dialogue with Plato's Statesman, Cherry argues that Aristotle rejects the view of politics advanced by Plato's Eleatic Stranger, contrasting them on topics such as the proper categorization of regimes, the usefulness and limitations of the rule of law, and the proper understanding of phrone?sis. The various differences between their respective political philosophies, however, reflect a more fundamental difference in how they view the relationship of human beings to the natural world around them. Reading the Politics in light of the Statesman sheds new light on Aristotle's political theory and provides a better understanding of Aristotle's criticism of Socrates. Most importantly, it highlights an enduring and important question: should politics have as its primary purpose the preservation of life, or should it pursue the higher good of living well? 517 3 $aPlato, Aristotle, & the Purpose of Politics 606 $aPolitical science$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory$yTo 1500 615 0$aPolitical science$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory 676 $a320.01 700 $aCherry$b Kevin M.$0617906 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461610103321 996 $aPlato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics$91074055 997 $aUNINA