The message of Plato : a re-interpretation of the 'Republic' / Edward J. Urwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urwick, E. J. (Edward Johns), 1867-1945, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Plato.

Routledge library editions : Plato ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Republic.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edward Urwick's original work draws upon Plato's best known work, the Republic, to provide a new interpretation of Plato's teaching based upon Indian religious thought. Most scholars have sought to interpret the Republic from the standpoint of politics, ethics, and metaphysics and indeed the accepted title of the dialogue - Concerning a Polity or Republic - would seem to legitimate this. Even the alternative title for the work - Concerning Justice - seems to justify such an approach. Yet the original Greek work, Dikaiosune, had a fuller meaning: righteousness. The author believes this gives

Contents:

pt. 1. The ancestry of Plato's faith

pt. 2. The preparation of the soul, and an account of the righteousness of the lower path

pt. 3. Spiritual realisation, or the path of religion

pt. 4. The dangers of the lower path

pt. 5. Summary and discussion.

Notes:

First published in 1920 by Methuen and Company Limited.

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

ISBN:

0-203-10044-1

1-283-86161-5

1-136-23117-X

9780203100448

OCLC:

823387005