Plato's Statesman : a philosophical discussion / edited by Panos Dimas, Melissa Lane, and Susan Sauvé Meyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dimas, Panagiotis, 1958- editor.

Lane, M. S. (Melissa S.), editor.

Meyer, Susan Sauvé, editor.

Series:

Plato dialogue project.

Plato dialogue project

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Statesman.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 293 pages).

Other Title:

Philosophical discussion

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This is the second volume in the Plato Dialogue Project series: it is devoted to the Statesman, and offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of that dialogue. A team of scholars scrutinize the Statesman section by section, bringing to the forefront each one of the dialogue's many themes.

Contents:

Introduction: the significance of Plato's Statesman / Pano Dimas, Susan Sauvé Meyer, Melissa Lane

Stucture and methods of the dialogue / Susan Sauvé Meyer

An overview of this volume / Melissa Lane

Trailhead: 257a1-259d6 / Gavin Lawrence

Defining the statesman by division: 259d7-268d4 / Fabián Mié

The myth and what it achieves: 268d5-277c6 / Gábor Betegh

Learning from models: 277c7-283a9 / David Bronstein

Plate on normative measurement: 283b1-287b3 / Rachel Barney

Civic function and the taxonomy of skills: 287b4-290e9 / Amber D. Carpenter

Abov the law and out for justice: 291a1-297b4 / Franco V. Trivigno

Ruling with (and without) laws: 297b5-303d3 / Christoph Horn

Statecraft as a ruling, caring, and weaving dunamis: 303d4-305e7 / Melissa Lane

Weaving together natural courage and moderation: 305e8-308b9 / Rachana Kamtekar

Kingly intertwinement: 308b10-311c10 / Dimitri El Murr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-192470-9

0-19-265334-2

OCLC:

1257665575