Plato's Republic

by Kraut, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780847684922
• ISBN10: 084768492X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Bringing between two covers the most influential and accessible articles on Plato's Republic, this collection illuminates what is widely held to be the most important work of Western philosophy and political theory. It will be valuable not only to philosophers, but to political theorists, historians, classicists, literary scholars, and interested general readers. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii	(6)
Acknowledgments	xiii
1 A Fallacy in Plato's Republic	1	(16)
David Sachs
2 The Psychology of Justice in Plato	17	(14)
John M. Cooper
3 Plato's Totalitarianism	31	(18)
C. C. W. Taylor
4 The Analogy of City and Soul in Plato's Republic	49	(12)
Bernard Williams
5 Inside and Outside the Republic	61	(34)
Jonathan Lear
6 The Philosopher and the Female in the Political Thought of Plato	95	(20)
Arlene W. Saxonhouse
7 Was Plato a Feminist?	115	(14)
Gregory Vlastos
8 The Naked Old Women in the Palaestra	129	(14)
C. D. C. Reeve
9 Understanding and the Good: Sun, Line, and Cave	143	(26)
Julia Annas
10 The Sovereignty of Good (excerpt)	169	(12)
Iris Murdoch
11 A Metaphysical Paradox	181	(16)
Gregory Vlastos
12 The Defense of Justice in Plato's Republic	197	(26)
Richard Kraut
13 Plato and the Poets	223	(12)
James O. Urmson
Suggested Readings	235	(4)
Index of Passages	239	(8)
Authors	247