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Informationen zum Autor Gerasimos Santas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. His previous publications include Socrates (1979), Plato and Freud: Two Theories of Love (Blackwell, 1988), and Goodness and Justice: Plato, Aristotle and the Moderns (Blackwell, 2001). Klappentext The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic consists of thirteen new essays written by both established scholars and younger researchers with the specific aim of helping readers to understand Plato's masterwork. The essays shed new light on many central features and themes of the Republic including: Plato's literary and philosophical style; his use of myths, metaphors, and allegories; his theories of justice and knowledge; and his treatment of psychology, education, myth, and the divine. Contributors include Christopher Rowe, David Keyt, Jonathan Lear, Terry Penner, Rachel Barney, and Hendrik Lorenz. Written clearly and simply, this volume is the ideal companion for readers coming to the Republic for the first time, and will also be of interest to those returning to this foundational work of the Western canon. Zusammenfassung The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic consists of thirteen new essays written by both established scholars and younger researchers with the specific aim of helping readers to understand Plato's masterwork. This guide to Plato's Republic is designed to help readers understand this foundational work of the Western canon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors vii Editor's Introduction 1 1 The Literary and Philosophical Style of the Republic 7 Christopher Rowe 2 Allegory and Myth in Plato's Republic 25 Jonathan Lear 3 Socrates' Refutation of Thrasymachus 44 Rachel Barney 4 Plato's Challenge: the Case against Justice in Republic II 63 Christopher Shields 5 The Gods and Piety of Plato's Republic 84 Mark L. McPherran 6 Plato on Learning to Love Beauty 104 Gabriel Richardson Lear 7 Methods of Reasoning about Justice in Plato's Republic 125 Gerasimos Santas 8 The Analysis of the Soul in Plato's Republic 146 Hendrik Lorenz 9 The Divided Soul and the Desire for Good in Plato's Republic 166 Mariana Anagnostopoulos 10 Plato and the Ship of State 189 David Keyt 11 Knowledge, Recollection, and the Forms in Republic VII 214 Michael T. Ferejohn 12 The Forms in the Republic 234 Terry Penner 13 Plato's Defense of Justice in the Republic 263 Rachel G. K. Singpurwalla General Bibliography 283 Index 285 ...
