Plato's 'Statesman' Revisited

This volume tackles both the apparent lack of unity and the perplexing philosophical content of the Statesman as it explores, in what is now Plato's second account, subsequent to that of the Republic, of what would constitute the best society, the role and nature of the statesman in it; the art of governance of it; the role and nature of its laws; the role and status of its female citizens; and how the virtues are interwoven within it, along with many other topics, including (in a major Myth) that of the origins of the universe and of humankind. Coming as they do from often widely differing hermeneutical traditions, the authors in the volume offer responses to substantive and intriguing questions that the dialogue raises which are frequently divergent, but by that very token of much value in any attempt to interpret a complex and multifaceted work.

About the author

Beatriz Bossi, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Thomas M. Robinson, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Product details

• Assisted by: Beatri Bossi (Editor), Beatriz Bossi (Editor), Beatriz Cecilia Bossi (Editor), Beatri Cecilia Bossi (Editor), Beatriz Cecilia Bossi (Editor), M Robinson (Editor), M Robinson (Editor), Thomas M. Robinson (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2020
• EAN: 9783110710168
• ISBN: 978-3-11-071016-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 20 mm x 231 mm
• Weight: 554 g
• Illustrations: 1 b/w tbl.
• Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity