Justice in Plato's 'Republic' : the lessons of Book I / Roslyn Weiss, Lehigh University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Roslyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Republic--Book 1.

Plato.

Justice (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

In Book 4 of Plato's Republic, Socrates introduces what is regarded by scholars as the Platonic account of justice, according to which it is essentially internal and self-regarding, a matter of relations among the parts of a city or soul. In this book, Roslyn Weiss contends that there is another notion of justice, as other-regarding and external, which is to be found in a series of conversations in Book 1 between Socrates and three successive interlocutors. Weiss considers the relationship between justice as conceived in Book 1 and Book 4, and carefully examines what can be learned from each of the arguments. Her close analysis of Book 1 brings to light what Socrates really believed about justice, and extracts and explores this Book's many insights concerning justice-at both the political and the personal level.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009466493

1009466496

9781009466509

100946650X

9781009466530

1009466534