Plato's Threefold City and Soul

Weinstein argues that Plato's 'fighting spirit' in the Republic plays an essential role in rational agency.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Injustice as opposition of characters: 1. Opposition yields bipartition; 2. The argument from character; 3. Opposition of characters; 4. Interim conclusions; Part II. Justice as Function in City and Soul: 5. Preliminaries and foreshadowing; 6. The city seeks self-sufficiency; 7. Economics, technê and the market; 8. Luxury and art; 9. War; 10. The guards; 11. Language, education and reason; 12. Philosopher-kings; 13. Justice as threefold function in the soul; Part III. Thumos and Control through Time: 14. Preventing indulgence; 15. Thumotic work; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Joshua I. Weinstein is a Senior Fellow at the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem.

Summary

In Plato's Three-fold City and Soul, Joshua I. Weinstein explains the Republic's theory of a tripartite soul and the place of fighting spirit within it, arguing that spirited ambition and competition play an essential role in rational agency. Ideal for scholars and advanced students of ancient political philosophy and ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua I. Weinstein
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781316621332
• ISBN: 978-1-316-62133-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500