The Cambridge companion to Plato's Republic / edited by G.R.F. Ferrari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferrari, G. R. F. (Giovanni R. F.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Republic.

Plato.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 533 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to Plato's "Republic" provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience, from first-time readers of The Republic who require guidance to more experienced readers who wish to explore contemporary currents in the work's interpretation. The three initial chapters address aspects of the work as a whole. They are followed by essays that match closely the sequence in which topics are presented in the ten books of The Republic. As The Republic returns frequently to the same topics by different routes, so do the authors of this volume, who provide the readers with divergent yet complementary perspectives by which to appreciate The Republic's principal concerns.

Contents:

1 The Protreptic Rhetoric of the Republic / Harvey Yunis 1

2 The Place of the Republic in Plato's Political Thought / Christopher Rowe 27

3 Rewriting the Poets in Plato's Characters / David K. O'Connor 55

4 Wise Guys and Smart Alecks in Republic 1 and 2 / Roslyn Weiss 90

5 Justice and Virtue: The Republic's Inquiry into Proper Difference / Aryeh Kosman 116

6 The Noble Lie / Malcolm Schofield 138

7 The Three-Part Soul / G. R. F. Ferrari 165

8 Eros in the Republic / Paul W. Ludwig 202

9 The Utopian Character of Plato's Ideal City / Donald R. Morrison 232

10 Philosophy, the Forms, and the Art of Ruling / David Sedley 256

11 Sun and Line: The Role of the Good / Nicholas Denyer 284

12 Beginning the "Longer Way" / Mitchell Miller 310

13 The City-Soul Analogy / Norbert Blossner 345

14 The Unhappy Tyrant and the Craft of Inner Rule / Richard D. Parry 386

15 What Is Imitative Poetry and Why Is It Bad? / Jessica Moss 415

16 The Life-and-Death Journey of the Soul: Interpreting the Myth of Er / Stephen Halliwell 445.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 474-510) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780521839631

0521839637

9780521548427

052154842X

OCLC:

71581517