Plato's republic as a philosophical drama on doing well / Ivor Ludlam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ludlam, Ivor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Greece--History.

Political science.

Philosophy.

Greece--Politics and government--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Plato. Republic.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Plato's </span><span>Republic</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> as a Philosophical Drama on Doing Well</span><span> reimagines the central theme of Plato's foundational work</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> </span><span>through an interpretation of its characters as paradigms of the apparent good. Focusing attention on the dialogue itself, Ivor Ludlam provides an innovative, holistic, and dramatic new perspective on the classic text.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Thrasymachus Problem; Chapter Three: A Philosophical Drama; Chapter Four: The Characters; Chapter Five: Socrates and the Logos; Chapter Six: The Digression; Chapter Seven: A Model Dialogue; Chapter Eight: Doing Well; Chapter Nine: A Dialogue on Apparently Doing Well; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-9020-2

OCLC:

896794266