Plato to-day / R. H. S. Crossman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crossman, R. H. S. (Richard Howard Stafford), 1907-1974.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Plato.

Routledge library editions. Plato

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Republic.

Plato.

State, The.

Democracy.

Fascism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Plato today

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plato was born around 2,500 years ago. He lived in a small city-state in Greece and busied himself with the problems of his fellow Greeks, a people living in scattered cities around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. In all he tried to do for the Greeks he failed. Why, then, should people in the modern world bother to read what he had to say? Does it make sense to go to a Greek thinker for advice on the problems of an age so different from his own? To anyone who has questioned the relevance of Plato to the modern world Richard Crossman's lively book provides a brilliant reply. The problem

Contents:

PLATO TO-DAY; Copyright; PLATO TO-DAY; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Plato and the Modern World; 2. The Historical Background; 3. Socrates; 4. Plato; 5. Plato Looks at British Democracy; 6. Plato Looks at British Education; 7. Plato Looks at the Family; 8. Plato Looks at Communism; 9. Plato Looks at Fascism; 10. Why Plato Failed; 11. The Modern Plato Once More; 12. Epilogue; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-23616-3

0-203-10161-8

1-283-84215-7

1-136-23617-1

9780203101612

OCLC:

821173495