Plato's Republic : a biography / Simon Blackburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackburn, Simon, 1944-

Series:

Books that changed the world (New York, N.Y.)

Books that changed the world series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Republic.

Plato.

Physical Description:

x, 181 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2007.

Summary:

After a brief hiatus, Sonny Paine is back with another jam-packed, daring issue reminiscent of the time you bought steak from Mad Cow Harry's. With a handful of new writers and several returning ones whose talents, in the fashion of cheese, have only increased with age, Issue Two will have you on your knees, aching for the good old days when you couldn't be brought to tears by a single piece of prose.

Contents:

A Note on Translations and Editions ix

1 Convention and Amoralism 22

2 Might and Right 32

3 The Ring of Gyges 42

4 The Analogy 47

5 The Elite and the Artist 59

6 Glaucon's Challenge 68

7 The Man of Spirit 73

8 Specialization 80

9 Knowledge and Belief 86

10 The Myth of the Cave 95

11 The Religious Interpretation 103

12 The Poetic Interpretation 112

13 The Scientific Interpretation 119

14 Disorderly Cities; Disorderly People 130

15 The Exile of the Poets 149

16 The Farewell Myth 158.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Atlantic Books, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [162]-170) and index.

ISBN:

087113957X

9780871139573

OCLC:

80181381

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