Of Myth Life And War In Plato S Republic

Author : Claudia Baracchi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253108791

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Of Myth, Life, and War in Plato's Republic by Claudia Baracchi Pdf

"Baracchi has identified pivotal points around which the Republic operates; this allows a reading of the entire text to unfold.... a very beautifully written book." -- Walter Brogan "... a work that opens new and timely vistas within the Republic.... Her approach... is thorough and rigorous." -- John Sallis Although Plato's Republic is perhaps the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy, Claudia Baracchi finds that the work remains obscure and enigmatic. To fully understand and appreciate its meaning, she argues, we must attend to what its original language discloses. Through a close reading of the Greek text, attentive to the pervasiveness of story and myth, Baracchi investigates the dialogue's major themes. The first part of the book addresses issues of generation, reproduction, and decay as they apply to the founding of Socrates' just city. The second part takes up the connection between war and the cycle of life, employing a thorough analysis of Plato's rendition of the myth of Er. Baracchi shows that the Republic is concerned throughout with the complex but intertwined issues of life and war, locating the site of this tangled web of growth and destruction in the mythical dimension of the Platonic city.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0742543986

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The Republic by Plato Pdf

Andrea Tschemplik provides a fresh and accessible translation of Plato's classic work, specially designed to aid newcomers in better understanding and appreciating the text. In addition, this volume provides a range of student-friendly supplements to enhance the learning experience.

Author : Jacob Howland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1589881346

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Glaucon's Fate by Jacob Howland Pdf

Centering on the question whether conversation can shape the soul, Glaucon's Fate is a powerful new interpretation of Plato's Republic.

Author : Plato
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781775413660

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The Republic by Plato Pdf

The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier. They are the philosopher-kings of imagined cities and they also discuss the nature of philosophy and the soul among other things.

Author : Leon Harold Craig
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802079423

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The War Lover by Leon Harold Craig Pdf

A new interpretation of Plato's Republic. Craig investigates why this dialogue, ostensibly about justice, offers Plato's fullest account of philosophy and philosophers, and why it is preoccupied with war.

Author : Marina McCoy
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781438479132

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Image and Argument in Plato's Republic by Marina McCoy Pdf

Although Plato has long been known as a critic of imagination and its limits, Marina Berzins McCoy explores the extent to which images also play an important, positive role in Plato's philosophical argumentation. She begins by examining the poetic educational context in which Plato is writing and then moves on to the main lines of argument and how they depend upon a variety of uses of the imagination, including paradigms, analogies, models, and myths. McCoy takes up the paradoxical nature of such key metaphysical images as the divided line and cave: on the one hand, the cave and divided line explicitly state problems with images and the visible realm. On the other hand, they are themselves images designed to draw the reader to greater intellectual understanding. The author gives a perspectival reading, arguing that the human being is always situated in between the transcendence of being and the limits of human perspective. Images can enhance our capacity to see intellectually as well as to reimagine ourselves vis-à-vis the timeless and eternal. Engaging with a wide range of continental, dramatic, and Anglo-American scholarship on images in Plato, McCoy examines the treatment of comedy, degenerate regimes, the nature of mimesis, the myth of Er, and the nature of Platonic dialogue itself.

Author : León Harold Craig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0802074928

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The War Lover by León Harold Craig Pdf

Author : Roslyn Weiss
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780801465611

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Philosophers in the "Republic" by Roslyn Weiss Pdf

In Plato’s Republic Socrates contends that philosophers make the best rulers because only they behold with their mind’s eye the eternal and purely intelligible Forms of the Just, the Noble, and the Good. When, in addition, these men and women are endowed with a vast array of moral, intellectual, and personal virtues and are appropriately educated, surely no one could doubt the wisdom of entrusting to them the governance of cities. Although it is widely—and reasonably—assumed that all the Republic’s philosophers are the same, Roslyn Weiss argues in this boldly original book that the Republic actually contains two distinct and irreconcilable portrayals of the philosopher. According to Weiss, Plato’s two paradigms of the philosopher are the "philosopher by nature" and the "philosopher by design." Philosophers by design, as the allegory of the Cave vividly shows, must be forcibly dragged from the material world of pleasure to the sublime realm of the intellect, and from there back down again to the "Cave" to rule the beautiful city envisioned by Socrates and his interlocutors. Yet philosophers by nature, described earlier in the Republic, are distinguished by their natural yearning to encounter the transcendent realm of pure Forms, as well as by a willingness to serve others—at least under appropriate circumstances. In contrast to both sets of philosophers stands Socrates, who represents a third paradigm, one, however, that is no more than hinted at in the Republic. As a man who not only loves "what is" but is also utterly devoted to the justice of others—even at great personal cost—Socrates surpasses both the philosophers by design and the philosophers by nature. By shedding light on an aspect of the Republic that has escaped notice, Weiss’s new interpretation will challenge Plato scholars to revisit their assumptions about Plato’s moral and political philosophy.

Author : Mark L. McPherran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521491907

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Plato's 'Republic' by Mark L. McPherran Pdf

The essays in this volume provide a picture of the most interesting, puzzling, and provoking aspects of Plato's Republic.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996-05-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1853264830

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Republic by Plato Pdf

"The Republic" deals with almost the whole range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument with myth to advocate a life organized by reason rather than dominated by leisures and appetites.

Author : Sean McAleer
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781800640566

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Plato's 'Republic': An Introduction by Sean McAleer Pdf

It is an excellent book – highly intelligent, interesting and original. Expressing high philosophy in a readable form without trivialising it is a very difficult task and McAleer manages the task admirably. Plato is, yet again, intensely topical in the chaotic and confused world in which we are now living. Philip Allott, Professor Emeritus of International Public Law at Cambridge University This book is a lucid and accessible companion to Plato’s Republic, throwing light upon the text’s arguments and main themes, placing them in the wider context of the text’s structure. In its illumination of the philosophical ideas underpinning the work, it provides readers with an understanding and appreciation of the complexity and literary artistry of Plato’s Republic. McAleer not only unpacks the key overarching questions of the text – What is justice? And Is a just life happier than an unjust life? – but also highlights some fascinating, overlooked passages which contribute to our understanding of Plato’s philosophical thought. Plato’s 'Republic': An Introduction offers a rigorous and thought-provoking analysis of the text, helping readers navigate one of the world’s most influential works of philosophy and political theory. With its approachable tone and clear presentation, it constitutes a welcome contribution to the field, and will be an indispensable resource for philosophy students and teachers, as well as general readers new to, or returning to, the text.

Author : Plato
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547026365

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Laws by Plato Pdf

The Laws is Plato's last, longest, and perhaps, most famous work. It presents a conversation on political philosophy between three elderly men: an unnamed Athenian, a Spartan named Megillus, and a Cretan named Clinias. They worked to create a constitution for Magnesia, a new Cretan colony that would make all of its citizens happy and virtuous. In this work, Plato combines political philosophy with applied legislation, going into great detail concerning what laws and procedures should be in the state. For example, they consider whether drunkenness should be allowed in the city, how citizens should hunt, and how to punish suicide. The principles of this book have entered the legislation of many modern countries and provoke a great interest of philosophers even in the 21st century.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Aris and Phillips Classical Te
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780856684067

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Republic 10 by Plato Pdf

This edition offers a full and up-to-date commentary on the last book of the Republic, and explores in particular detail the two main subjects of the book: Plato's most famous and uncompromising condemnation of poetry and art, as vehicles of falsehood and purveyors of dangerous emotions, and the Myth of Er, which concludes the whole work with ...

Author : George Charalampidis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1911352652

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Plato's Republic by George Charalampidis Pdf

Author : Plato
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:8596547309055

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Eryxias by Plato Pdf

Eryxias by Plato is a spurious Socratic dialogue. It is set in the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, and features Socrates in conversation with Critias, Eryxias, and Erasistratus (nephew of Phaeax). The dialogue concerns the topic of wealth and virtue. The position of Eryxias that it is good to be materially prosperous is challenged when Critias argues that having money is not always a good thing. Socrates then shows that money has only a conventional value.